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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 2014
Page
1
Alberta Premier Alison Redford resigns effective Sunday after 29 months in office citing infighting and spending revelations. She thanks husband Glen and daughter Sarah as supporters fill the rotunda while MPs react with mixed praise and sadness.
Joe Oliver becomes finance minister replacing Jim Flaherty and charts a budget likely to show a surplus for 2015. Ottawa insiders suggest his role may be constrained by electoral strategy and PMO control as the next Conservative platform takes shape.
Alison Redford stepped down as Alberta's premier on Wednesday night after 29 months in office. Darren Hirsch, local PC riding president, says stepping aside was prudent to refocus the party and address the province's worsening fiscal situation. A leadership contest will occur under a new voting system.
Alberta government warns property owners in designated flood fringe areas to obtain a flood mitigation permit by March 31. Applicants who received DRP financial assistance must file municipal permits or submit a notice of intent to mitigate to qualify for 2014 flood season readiness.
Alberta CFA board member Lynn Jacobson reports grain cars moving in several prairie areas with three trains seen in Lethbridge promising relief after months of backlog. He notes rail traffic slow but improving while grain flows head to West Coast ports and south of the border amid ice on the Seaway. He cites government penalties as encouraging movement.
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