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Brian and Former Alberta Wildrose Leader announces UCP leadership bid

Alberta's cabinet ministers are delivering a range of answers -- from maybe to a hard no -- on whether they will run to replace Jason Kenney as United Conservative leader and premier. The ministers were quizzed on their way into the house on the first day back since Kenney announced last week he was stepping down. Environment Minister Jason Nixon and Transportation Minister Rajan Sawhney (rah-ZHAWN' SAW'-nee) say they're thinking about it. Finance Minister Travis Toews (TAVES) won't say whether he's even considering it or has ruled it out. Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says he won't run. Adva...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he won't run in upcoming party leadership race

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will not berunning in the race to pick a new leader of his United Conservative party. Kenney told his call-in radio show that if he was considering running, he would not be staying on as UCP leader until the new leader is chosen. It was the first time Kenney took questions surrounding his surprise decision this week to step down despite winning a party leadership review. Kenney captured just 51 per cent of the vote in the mail-in ballot of party members but said that's not enough of a mandate to remain in the top job. The premier says he expected...

43 CP train cars derail near southern Alberta town

Mounties in Alberta say traffic is being rerouted and cleanup is underway after 43 train cars carrying potash derailed Sunday morning. RCMP say no one was injured after the westbound Canadian Pacific Railway train left its track at around 8 a.m. near the southern Alberta town of Fort Macleod. RCMP said the incident happened about 8:15 a.m. along Highway 3, between Range Road 251 and Range Road 252, about 170 kilometres south of Calgary. No injuries were reported. A police news release says there is no danger to the public. Firefighters and CP crew members are on the scene.RCMP is asking peopl...

Man dies in hospital after crash with truck in Jasper National Park

Alberta RCMP say a 70-year-old man has died in hospital following a head-on crash in Jasper National Park. Police say a vehicle travelling east collided with a semi-trailer truck after crossing into oncoming traffic Wednesday. The...

Alberta premier needs to step down immediately: Brian Jean

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....

Kenney will remain in the job until a new UCP leader is chosen

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 yest...

Jason Kenney joins list of past Alberta premiers to resign amid party strife

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 ...

UCP begins search for new leader with Jason Kenney stepping down

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...

Hunter's wife testifies she warned husband not to drink and drive the night he died

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...

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Former Liberal cabinet minister John Rustad acclaimed leader of B.C. Conservatives

A former Liberal cabinet minister who has been sitting in British Columbia's legislature as an Independent is the new leader of the provincial Conservatives.John Rustad, the member of the legislature for Nechako Lakes, was acclaim...

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