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This week on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses former Alberta Chief Medical Health Office Deena Hinshaw, who’s been given a six month contract in BC. Also on the show, the Alberta government is taking new measures to improve public safety in Edmonton. And finally, Rachel has the details on the new Red Deer Recovery Community — the first of six new massive recovery faciliti...

This week on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses how Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling out the state broadcaster for “defamatory” reporting after the CBC alleged that staff in Smith’s office emailed Crown prosecutors challenging their assessment on Coutts border blockades cases. However, the CBC isn’t backing down and refusing to retract its story. Plus, Smith contin...

As the world’s elites gathered in Davos for the World Economic Forum, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith slammed the WEF and the Trudeau government for attempting to shut down the oil and gas industry. Smith says a new report on the federal government’s “Just Transition” proposal confirms her “worst fears.” US Senator Joe Manchin, who was in Davos for the WEF summit, says it makes “no sense” that Pres...

This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seeking to appeal to an “extreme base” with the government’s “just transition” proposal. Also on the show, Rachel discusses the Federal Court’s move to grant Alberta intervenor status in six ongoing lawsuits against the Liberal government’s firearms ban. And an unvaccinated w...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is pushing back against the Trudeau government’s “Just Transition” bill, which Smith claims will shut down Alberta’s energy sector. The premier is also calling on Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley to “put aside partisanship” and join the UCP government in its opposition to the federal bill. Plus, Alberta became the first province to announce a permanent tax relief pro...

From the Coutts blockade to Jason Kenney stepping down as UCP leader and Danielle Smith taking the reins, Albertans have witnessed a tumultuous year in Alberta politics. On the final episode of The Alberta Roundup for 2022, Rachel looks back at the top stories of 2022 and explains how it impacted Albertans throughout the year. Tune into The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel! Learn more about yo...

This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses a new Alberta government protocol recommending prosecutors don’t press charges against firearms owners who purchased their guns before Justin Trudeau’s 2020 order in council banning the weapons. Rachel also explains how gun owners are safe for six more weeks as the House of Commons breaks for Christmas. Finally, Rachel talks a...

This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s sovereignty act legislation which passed this week, just ten days after it was tabled. Also on the show, the United Conservative Party government is leading in the polls under Smith’s leadership, the first time the UCP has been ahead of the NDP in a couple months. And finally, Smith skipped NDP...

This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro’s call for Ottawa to remove RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, saying the province has lost confidence in her. Also on the show, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has made good on her promise to ban mask mandates in schools. The premier also ended fully remote online learning. Finally, a Libera...

This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses Premier Danielle Smith’s move to shake up Alberta Health Services (AHS) by firing Deena Hinshaw and 11 members of the AHS board. And, the premier has been banned from Russia even after critics called Smith a Putin propagandist. Rachel also covers Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley’s plans to address the health care crisis. Final...

This week on The Alberta Roundup, Rachel discusses how a woman is being denied an organ transplant due to her Covid-19 vaccination status and how the Alberta Health Minister is accepting the Alberta Court of Appeal’s ruling on the matter. Plus, United Conservative leader Danielle Smith will return to Alberta Legislature after voters in Brooks-Medicine Hat gave her the nod to be their next MLA. And...

This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses Premier Danielle Smith who said Ottawa’s hostility to Alberta’s oil and gas industry emerged from the “extreme left” policies of environmental social governance (ESG). Meanwhile, Alberta Pastor Tim Stephens was acquitted this week on charges of violating the province’s public health orders which required physical distancing du...

This week on The Alberta Roundup, Rachel Emmanuel discusses Premier Danielle Smith’s plans to push Ottawa back. Namely, the premier announced her government will pull out of new federal programs or avoid federal consultations that aren’t in Alberta’s best interests. Smith also said her United Conservative Party government will not enforce federal laws or policies that attack Alberta’s economy and...

This week on the Alberta Roundup, Rachel Emmanuel picks out the biggest winners and losers from Premier Danielle Smith’s cabinet announcement on Friday. Notable appointments include former justice minister Kaycee Madu appointed as Deputy Premier, and leadership contest rival Brian Jean appointed as Minister of Jobs, Economy and Northern Development. Travis Toews is once again the finance minister....

The rivalry between Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Rachel Notley is heating up less than one week after Smith was sworn in as Alberta's 19th premier. On this week's episode of The Alberta Roundup, Rachel Emmanuel discusses Notley's demand that Smith apologize for her comments on unvaccinated discrimination. Also on the show, Alberta government lawyers told the Emergencies Act Commission that A...

After winning the UCP leadership contest on Thursday, Danielle Smith becomes Alberta’s next Premier. Smith emerged victorious on Thursday after clinching the necessary votes on the sixth and final ballot with 53.8% of the final votes. Travis Toews came in second place with 46.23% of the vote and longtime Jason Kenney rival Brian Jean came in third with 14.8% of the vote. Also on the show, Rachel d...

This week, the Alberta government announced that it will intervene in ongoing challenges of the Trudeau government’s firearms bans and take action to prevent Ottawa from conscripting Alberta RCMP officers to collect those firearms. It looks like the Saskatchewan and Manitoba government may also follow suit. Unsurprisingly, a CBC reporter rushed to the defence of Prime Minister Trudeau by posting a...

This week on The Alberta Roundup, Rachel Emmanuel discusses how a third party advertiser, which was created to promote Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, is sending out automated text messages criticizing Danielle Smith’s candidacy for the United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership. Is the sitting premier campaigning against Smith? Plus, UCP leadership candidate Todd Loewen defended Freedom Convoy orga...

This week on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses how the Alberta government has filed a notice with the Federal Court to intervene in a legal challenge of the Trudeau government’s plastic ban. Premier Jason Kenney says plastic is not toxic but is necessary to achieve Canada’s carbon reduction goals. Will common sense prevail? Plus, cancel culture impacts hockey again as Albe...

This week on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses how the Alberta government is forecasting a $13.2 billion surplus in the upcoming budget and as a result, Alberta will bring personal income taxes in line with inflation for the 2022 tax year. Premier Jason Kenney’s move is being welcomed by many Albertans, including many of United Conservative Party leadership candidates look...

This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses the arrest and release of freedom activist Alex Van Herk. Van Herk, who took part in the Coutts border blockade and the protest for GraceLife Pastor James Coates, was arrested on Thursday by the Alberta RCMP. However, Van Herk was released shortly after when 200 people showed up to an RCMP detachment to protest his detainment....

On this week’s episode of The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses how Premier Jason Kenney and UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith butt heads over the Sovereignty Act, an act that Kenney calls “premature” and “ill-informed.” The act, which Smith is in favour of, seeks to bar federal legislation deemed harmful to Alberta. Plus, in light of news that an official with Veterans...

On this week’s Alberta Roundup, Rachel Emmanuel breaks down the news and headlines that matter to Albertans. First, Alberta’s Chief Firearms Officer Dr. Teri Bryant takes aim at Trudeau’s latest measure to punish law-abiding gun owners – a ban on the importation of handguns without the oversight of parliament. Next, Albertans may have noticed some relief at the pumps this month. Premier Jason Kenn...

This week, Albertans were shocked to learn the province’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw received a $227,911 Covid bonus, in addition to her $363,634 salary. This marks the largest cash benefit payout of any provincial civil servant. Plus, United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership candidate Leela Aheer took on an unlikely opponent this week – a raging bull! Aheer jumped in fron...

On the first episode of True North's Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel takes us inside the United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership race and breaks down the winners and losers of last week's debate. Danielle Smith - the perceived frontrunner to become the next leader of the UCP and Premier of Alberta -- fielded most of the heat on Wednesday night as the rest of the pack took advantage...