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Economic Equality and Land Rights - People Power Struggles For The Future (0)
The crowd cheered to the tune of ejecting the filthy rich from Calgary proper, the "most unequal city in the country" according to the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute. Well over a hundred people crowded into a sold out hall at Parkdale United... 		Jun. 06, 2013 PIA, PIA in the news, Privatization
No new beds for seniors in Edmonton (0)
Province says need was greater elsewhere BY KAREN KLEISS, EDMONTON JOURNAL JUNE 5, 2013 EDMONTON - Edmonton won’t get any new assisted living beds in 2013 under the Alberta government’s $68.3-million supportive living initiative, the province said... 		Jun. 06, 2013 PIA, PIA in the news, Seniors, Privatization
Water is sacred, it is not a commodity for sale (0)
Alberta Sweetgrass - Volume: 20 Issue: 7 Year: 2013By Shari Narine, Sweetgrass Contributing Editor EDMONTON 		Jun. 05, 2013 PIA, Democracy, PIA in the news, Environment, Privatization
Larry Booi reply to: “Helping front-line staff to make timely decisions to protect kids,” by Dave Hancock, Letters, May 31. (0)
Tuesday’s letters: Hancock is toeing the Tory line EDMONTON JOURNAL JUNE 3, 2013 Minister Dave Hancock’s response to social workers is one more illustration of why many have abandoned hope for any progress on human services issues by the Redford... 		Jun. 04, 2013 PIA, PIA in the news, Human Services & Poverty
Rally against cuts to programs for persons with disabilities Friday - Grande Prairie (0)
Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 2:34 PMBy Jeff HensonGrande Prairie A re-allocation of funding within the province's Persons with Developmental Disabilities program has sparked a public outcry across Alberta. A number of rallies against the changes have been... 		May. 31, 2013 PIA, PIA in the news, Human Services & Poverty
Success of P3s lies in public sector’s vigilance to hold private sector accountable (0)
Dan Ovsey | 13/05/28 | Financial Post Last month, a coalition of labour and public-interest groups calling itself Public Interest Alberta released the results of an Environics study showing more than two-thirds of Edmontonians disagree with the City’s... 		May. 28, 2013 PIA, PIA in the news, Privatization
Hundreds gathered to protest outside PC rally (0)
CBC News Posted: May 26, 2013 3:56 PM MT While 450 members of the Alberta Conservative Party gathered at an Edmonton hotel on Saturday, hundreds rallied outside to voice their own grievances with Alison Redford’s Progressive Conservative party. Delegates... 		May. 27, 2013 PIA, PIA in the news
Hundreds protest outside PCAA policy conference (0)
Chandra Lye, CTV Edmonton Published Saturday, May 25, 2013 4:38PM MDT Premier Alison Redford is standing behind the provincial budget including cuts to several services, which has angered many Albertans. “We are firmly behind the budget that we passed... 		May. 27, 2013 PIA, PIA in the news
Busloads of protesters rally outside PC policy convention (0)
BY SARAH O'DONNELL, EDMONTON JOURNAL MAY 25, 2013 EDMONTON - As Progressive Conservatives from across Alberta talked policy inside a south Edmonton hotel Saturday, Tim Kabarchuk willingly faced off outside against a large, inflatable mallet. As one of... 		May. 27, 2013 PIA, Democracy, PIA in the news, Childcare, Post-Secondary Education, Education, Environment, Human Services & Poverty, Seniors
Alberta's Tories will use weekend to review its own policies (0)
Talks will be behind closed doors during entire weekend BY JACKIE L. LARSON, EDMONTON SUN, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013 Tory policy will be shaped by party faithful behind closed doors at this weekend’s policy convention. While PCAA delegates from constituency... 		May. 24, 2013 PIA, PIA in the news
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