Michelle Bellefontaine
@mbellefontaine.bsky.social
Provincial affairs reporter for CBC News based in Edmonton
Elections Alberta rejected the Water Not Coal petition last week for not reaching the signature threshold. But analysis by a statistics professor raises new questions about the formula the elections agency used to verify the petition. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Questions emerge about statistical sampling used on rejected anti-coal petition | CBC News
A statistics professor raises concerns about Elections Alberta's sampling method used to verify Corb Lund's Water Not Coal petition which was deemed to be under the signature threshold last week.
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UCP MLA Scott Cyr says Wylie could always reapply for his job. The five UCP MLAs on the committee pass the motion: Cyr, Lovely, De Jong, Dyck, Petrovic. The four NDP MLAs on the committee vote it down: Sheppard, Miyashiro, Wright and Chapman.
Michelle Bellefontaine@mbellefontaine.bsky.social · 9mo agoThis morning at the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices...UCP majority introduces a motion starting a search committee for a new auditor general. NDP MLA David Sheppard says Doug Wylie wants to stay on two more years. Wylie is reviewing the allegations of inappropriate health contracting.
This morning at the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices...UCP majority introduces a motion starting a search committee for a new auditor general. NDP MLA David Sheppard says Doug Wylie wants to stay on two more years. Wylie is reviewing the allegations of inappropriate health contracting.
I love this kid. He did well tonight and set the stage for tonight’s blowout against the Dodgers (and no doubt learned a heck of a lot about pitching when the stakes are so high!) x.com/sportsnet/st...
Sportsnet on X: "“It was an insane experience that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.” 🥹 Trey Yesavage reflects on his first career #WorldSeries start 👏 https://t.co/BvcpucdRGA" / X
“It was an insane experience that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.” 🥹 Trey Yesavage reflects on his first career #WorldSeries start 👏 https://t.co/BvcpucdRGA
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Excellent thread from Keith about tonight’s mayoral debate.
Keith Gerein@keithgerein.bsky.social · 11mo agoTim Cartmell, Rahim Jaffer, Andrew Knack and Michael Walters faced off in another mayoral debate Wednesday night — the second in 5 days — this one hosted by Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations. Here's a thread on the event, since I won't have a column. #yeg #yegelxn 1/19
Sad news about one of the greats www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...
Former Canadiens star goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at age 78 | CBC Sports
Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender whose long resume in and out of hockey included six Stanley Cup victories and helping backstop Canada's generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series, d...
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I met Ken Dryden once, in Calgary of all places. He was so kind to me, asked after my family, and was just lovely to speak with. I'm still fascinated that he was able to take time away from hockey, to complete his law degree at McGill. Unheard of today. Rest well. 🇨🇦🙏🏾 www.nhl.com/canadiens/ne...
The Montreal Canadiens mourn the passing of Ken Dryden | Montréal Canadiens
Hall-of-Fame goaltender won six Stanley Cups with the team
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Ken Dryden has died. A Hockey Hall of Famer with the Montreal Canadiens, he won six Stanley Cups, the Conn Smythe, Calder and five Vezinas. A best-selling author, he also served in Parliament from 2004 to 2011.
Big scoop from @jack-farrell.bsky.social and @reportrix.bsky.social at The Canadian Press www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government pauses ban on school library books with sexual content | CBC News
Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says in an email to school boards that the government is pausing its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries.
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AISH recipients despair over province’s changes to disability programs. “It's been made very clear that I'm a burden on this government, that they view disabled people as burdens, that we don't have any worth or value unless we're working. It’s gut-wrenching.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
AISH recipient, advocates worry about Alberta's new disability benefit program | CBC News
A new discussion guide about the upcoming Alberta Disability Assistance Program reveals that many Albertans with severe disabilities will receive lower personal benefits after the program launches nex...
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The Alberta Next panel faced a divided, sometimes hostile crowd in Edmonton last night www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Town hall to debate Alberta's future faces polarized crowd in Edmonton | CBC News
Albertans shouted at each other and at Premier Danielle Smith at the third Alberta Next town hall in Edmonton Thursday night.
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Affordable housing operator HomeEd has listed the Riverdale Place townhouses for sale. Tenants are fighting back www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Low-income tenants fight sale of affordable Edmonton townhouses | CBC News
Tenants who live in affordable housing townhouses in a neighbourhood near downtown Edmonton are fighting the sale of their homes by their non-profit provider HomeEd.
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Medical providers are getting panicked calls from AISH recipients trying to comply with the province’s directive to apply for the federal Disability Tax Credit www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
AISH recipients panicked over looming provincial deadline: health providers | CBC News
Health provides say people who receive Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) are calling them in a panic over a letter from the province that threatens to cut their benefits if they don't...
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Alberta wanted to create 1,500 affordable housing spots last year. It created a little more than half. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta gov't fell short of its affordable housing goal last year: annual report | CBC News
The provincial government completed fewer new or refurbished affordable housing units last year than the previous three years, according to figures in the Seniors, Community and Social Services Minist...
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Changes coming for AISH recipients who live in community housing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
AISH recipients in community housing will see rent hike under new Alberta regulations | CBC News
AISH recipients who live in community housing where rent is set at thirty per cent of income will soon see the amount increase by $220 a month.
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Matthew Black's persistence (and an intervention by Alberta's privacy and information commissioner) led to this information finally coming to light after nearly two years.
Matthew Black@matthewblack.ca · last yr.It took 21 months but, this morning I received the results of the Alberta government's pension plan engagement survey: *63% opposed to Alberta Pension Plan (APP) *10% pro-APP *12% undecided/unsure *15% other responses edmontonjournal.com/news/politic... #ableg #abpoli
CBC colleague @jenleecbc.bsky.social with reaction to Alberta’s new COVID vaccine policies. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government faces mounting pushback to new COVID-19 vaccine policy | CBC News
The Alberta government continues to face fierce opposition to plans that will reduce access to publicly funded COVID-19 vaccines in the province.
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“Alberta's measles surge is so dramatic, the last time case counts were higher, Calgary did not have an NHL team, O Canada was not yet the official national anthem and gasoline would set you back 24 cents a litre.”
Alberta's measles outbreaks are now the worst in nearly half a century | CBC News
Alberta's measles surge is so dramatic, the last time case counts were higher Calgary did not have an NHL team, 'O Canada' was not yet the official national anthem and gasoline would set you back 24 c...
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A lovely interview on Power and Politics today with Marc Roy, former chief of staff to Marc Garneau, the groundbreaking astronaut who became a Canadian politician and cabinet minister, who died yesterday www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Marc Garneau died after 'short but very difficult battle' with cancer, former staffer says | CBC News
Marc Garneau died this week after being diagnosed with two types of cancer earlier this year, said his former chief of staff Marc Roy.
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Premier Danielle Smith has called the byelections in Edmonton-Ellerslie, Edmonton-Strathcona and Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills for Monday, June 23.
This is a significant finding from Alberta’s privacy and information commissioner and confirms what many FOIP users have long suspected.
It was an eventful day at the Alberta legislature. My colleague Janet French captures all of it here. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
United Conservative Party expels MLA who pushed for public probe of health contracting | CBC News
An MLA and former minister just removed from the United Conservative Party caucus alleges the health minister — and possibly the premier — withheld information from cabinet ministers who were deciding...
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New bill introduced yesterday. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government moves to eliminate municipal codes of conduct | CBC News
Alberta Municipal Affairs minister Ric McIver introduced a new bill Tuesday that would automatically repeal all municipal codes of conduct as soon as it is proclaimed into law.
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Story from CBC colleague Sarah Reid: “Every time I try to get ahead something else happens; my rent increases, utilities get out of hand and everything costs more … there's no breaking even anymore and it's hard to live like that." -to-move-1.7495043
Rent hikes intended to bring Edmonton units up to market value are forcing some tenants to move | CBC News
Substantial rent increases at a townhouse complex in an Edmonton neighbourhood are forcing some tenants out of their homes and starting a conversation about the reality that many renters are facing.
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My CBC colleague Jason Markusoff has analysis here on today’s provincial budget www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Trump tariffs and tax cut have Alberta's finance minister seeing red (ink) | CBC News
Nate Horner really didn't want a deficit. But he has one, thanks to a new threat and an old campaign pledge.
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Prospect of Trump’s tariffs cast uncertainty over preparations for today’s Alberta budget www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's $5.2B budget deficit could jump to $8.7B under worst-case tariff scenario | CBC News
Alberta is forecasting it will end the next fiscal year with a $5.2 billion deficit but that could soar to $8.7 billion under a worst-case tariff scenario outlined in Thursday’s provincial budget.
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Some families with kids in daycare will be paying more when the government introduces a flat monthly fee on April 1. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Families reeling after Alberta ends child-care subsidy | CBC News
Alberta parents were caught off guard that changes announced yesterday will raise their daycare bills by hundreds of dollars a month starting April 1.
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