Jason Kenney's main caucus critic says the Alberta premier needs to step down immediately after announcing plans last night to resign. Kenney did not say when he would leave when he made the announcement after getting only 51.4 per cent support in a United Conservative Party leadership review. But Brian Jean (GENE) says an interim leader needs to be selected immediately ahead of the leadership race. Jean -- who lost the leadership in 2017 and plans to run again --says Kenney knows the healing process can't start until he leaves.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will remain in the job until a new United Conservative Party leader is chosen. This decision came just a day after he announced that he was stepping down for the good of his party. Earlier yesterday, some of Kenney's caucus critics called for him to step down immediately to help heal divisions wracking the party. Kenney announced his departure Wednesday night after receiving 51 per cent support in a mail-in ballot of party members. Opposition N-D-P Leader Rachel Notley says Kenney is now officially a caretaker leader, further delaying crucial work on issues

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced Wednesday that he is stepping down as United Conservative leader after winning 51.4 per cent support from members in a leadership review. Under party rules, a simple majority would have been enough to keep his job. But Kenney said the result did not show enough support for him to stay on as leader. Here are some past Alberta premiers who resigned amid party strife: Ralph Klein — (1992-2006): The folksy one-time Calgary mayor led Alberta's Progessive Conservatives to four straight majority governments. But toward the end of his tenure, Klein's popularity

The race for a new United Conservative Party leader is gearing up after Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced he’s stepping down. Kenney garnered 51.4 per cent support in a review of his leadership, which is just enough for him to keep his job under party rules. But on Wednesday night he said that result isn’t good enough for him to stay on as leader and that many members have asked for the opportunity to clear the air. Two former leaders of the Wildrose Party, which merged with the Progressive Conservatives to form the UCP in 2017, have signalled they intend run for the leadership. Brian

A hunter's wife has testified she warned her husband not to drink and drive or get in a fight the night he and his uncle were shot to death on a rural Alberta road. Sarah Sansom told a jury trial in Edmonton that alcohol consumption had caused problems in her marriage with Jacob Sansom. Crown lawyers have said Jacob Sansom and his uncle Maurice Cardinal were followed on a rural road northeast of Edmonton in March 2020 and were shot after a confrontation. Roger Bilodeau, 58, and his son Anthony Bilodeau, 33, have each pleaded not guilty to two counts of second-degree murder. Prosecutors have sa

One person is dead following a two-alarm fire at a multi-unit residential home in Calgary's southeast community of Deer Ridge. Fire crews were called to the 100 block of Deerview Way shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday night. A second alarm was called after firefighters arrived due to the amount of flame extending from the basement. Crews were able to get the fire under control fairly quickly.Firefighters searched the building, where they found the body of a male resident. Calgary fire said the blaze was largely contained to the main unit with heavy heat and smoke damage to that area, while damage

The Alberta Utilities Commission says the small cash payout proposed by AltaLink would ultimately cost consumers millions more than it returned. AltaLink, Alberta's largest electricity transmitter, had asked the commission to allow it to offer a 120-million-dollar refund that would have averaged about 5-dollars a month for residential customers. But the commission pointed out the refund would have been financed by a loan, not cash. And it says and the interest and other charges on that money meant the true cost of the refund was about 250 million dollars --money the company would have recouped

Calgary police say they have issued Canada-wide warrants for a man they believe is responsible for the death of a mother of young children after a shooting led to a crash. Angela McKenzie, who was 40, was killed last week when a truck that was pursuing a sedan collided with her van and another car at an intersection in the city's southeast. Police say they have reviewed video surveillance cameras from the scene, talked to witnesses and processed the evidence collected. They have issued seven Canada-wide warrants for 29-year-old Talal Amer. McKenzie's church pastor said last week that the woman

A defence lawyer told a trial in Edmonton that a man and his son followed two Metis hunters in their trucks because they believed they were thieves and later shot them in self-defence during a confrontation. A jury trial started Monday for Roger Bilodeau and his son Anthony Bilodeau, who are charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Defence lawyer Shawn Gertsel said the Bilodeaus began chasing Jacob Sansom and his uncle Maurice Cardinal on a rural road near Glendon, northeast of Edmonton, in March 2020 because they wanted to talk to the hunters who they thought were criminals. Gertsel s