EDMONTON—The United Conservative Party, which leads the Alberta government with a majority, said on Dec. 5 it is putting forward two amendments to Bill 1, the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act, to clarify clauses that raised public concerns. The party said it will change the bill to ensure any changes that the cabinet…

EDMONTON—The Alberta legislature is back in session Tuesday, with the province’s new premier, Danielle Smith, at the helm and the introduction of the much anticipated Sovereignty Act, which will “defend Alberta from Ottawa,” according to Government House Leader Joseph Schow. The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act will be Bill 1 tabled on Nov. 29….

EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gave her first televised address to the province Tuesday night and announced a long list of measures intended to address high inflation, rising food costs, expensive fuel at the pumps, and skyrocketing energy expenses. Smith said on Nov. 22 that details of the new Inflation Relief Act are still being finalized, but…

A large group of health care workers have written an open letter to Alberta’s new premier, Danielle Smith, criticizing Alberta Health Services (AHS) for what they call the organization’s “draconian” policies and “mismanagement” during the province’s COVID-19 response. The letter states Smith was accurate in describing the unvaccinated as “the most discriminated group of Albertans”…

Taiwan’s premier said tougher microchip protection laws should be passed “at the earliest date” as China is eyeing the island’s talent and technology. Taiwanese Premier Su Tseng-chang told a Cabinet meeting on April 11 that the threat from the “red supply chain,” referencing Beijing’s infiltration of the country, needed an effective deterrent, according to an…

The Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has announced his sudden resignation from his position as premier and as a member for Bass on April 4. “I’ve got nothing left in the tank,” Gutwein said to the reporters at the press conference. “Unless you can give 110 percent to the role of premier, you shouldn’t be doing…

New South Australian Premier, Peter Malinauskas, announced on Tuesday that his government is taking new steps to prepare the state for a predicted rise in COVID-19 cases. This comes exactly two years after the Major Emergency Declaration and is based on modelling provided to the premier on Monday, which revealed that daily COVID-19 cases in…

HALIFAX—Former Nova Scotia premier Iain Rankin is resigning as leader of the provincial Liberal party after reflecting on his future over the holiday season. Rankin served as premier of the province for just over six months before losing in a summer election to the Progressive Conservatives. He told a news conference today he intends to…

MONTREAL—Premier Francois Legault says a school board in western Quebec should not have hired a teacher who wore a hijab. Legault told reporters today in Quebec City the province’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, has been in place since June 2019 and the Western Quebec School Board should have respected it when hiring. It…

LONDON—After all those doubts about his future at Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjær achieved what Pep Guardiola and Jürgen Klopp couldn’t do on Saturday: Win in the Premier League. It just needed United to face a Tottenham side devoid of any attacking ingenuity that allowed Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani—with a combined age of 70—to…