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Redford wins PC leadership
Click to read story Redford stages a stunning come-from-behind win to become Alberta's new premier-to-be. -
Redford does about-face on 'no-meet' committee pay
Click to read story Redford says she was sorry for not asking Progressive Conservative MLAs who sat on the no-meet committee to pay back every bit of the $1,000 a month apiece for 39 months as the Wildrose and Liberal MLAs have done — instead of an earlier PC pledge to pay back the last five or so months' worth. -
Redford campaigned on a balanced budget, but her first budget posts a deficit
Click to read story Redford says she didn't see a down-turn in the economy coming. She says borrowing money for infrastructure isn't debt. -
$114K in unused hotel rooms during the Olympics are disclosed; Redford spent $23,075.51 during trip
Click to read story Numbers released peg the cost of Redford’s trip to the London Olympics at $518,000 — including $114,000 in unused hotel rooms after the group was pared from 47 to 29 delegates. Redford spent $23,075.51. -
Redford comes under fire as it's alleged her sister Lynn chalked up illegal expenses
Click to read story It's alleged Redford's sister Lynn used taxpayer dollars to put on PC events and fundraisers. -
Redford says she's disappointed in her tourism minister's expenses
Click to read story Tourism Minister Christine Cusanelli apologises for flying her mother and daughter to the London Olympics, and charging taxpayers. Cusanelli later lost her cabinet post in a shuffle. -
Redford repeatedly denies requests for severance disclosure
Click to read story Opposition parties continue to slam Redford for not releasing severance details of her former chief of staff Stephen Carter, who himself had tweeted the six-figure sum. -
Redford puts controversial Bill 28 on hold
Click here to read story The Modernizing Regional Governance Act allowed municipalities to form and cooperate on regional growth plans, and included a potential jail sentence for participating municipalities' mayors and reeves who withheld information from the board. Redford announced it was on hold Oct. 31. -
Ethics probe clears Redford of conflict-of-interest, opponents charge whitewash
Click to read story Redford is cleared of any wrongdoing when she was in on the decision to pick her ex-hubby’s law firm to represent the province in a $10-billion lawsuit against the tobacco companies. -
Ruckus over Redford's name on "Building Alberta" signs
Click to read story The provincial government spent over $1 million on "Building Alberta" road signs in 2013 — carrying Redford's name and PC party colours — show documents released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). It's alleged the signs are simply partisan, Tory propaganda. -
Redford takes flak over the salaries of her office staff
Click to read story While Redford pledged her government would live within its means, she also gave her top political staffers some hefty salary raises in 2013. -
Judge shoots down the Redford gov's Bill 46
Click to read story Court of Queen's Bench Justice Denny Thomas rules that the provincial government's Bill 46, The Public Salary Restraint Act, has the potential to cause long-term harm to labour relations in Alberta.
The judge wrote the government's actions show "Alberta never intended that the 2013 negotiations with AUPE were to be meaningful." -
Redford's office budgeted $300,000 for letter writers
Click to read story Roughly $300,000 of a $1.2 million budget boost to the office of Premier Alison Redford will go towards hiring more letter writers that can respond faster to the influx of correspondence sent to the premier. -
Redford relents after weeks of criticism and pays back $45,000 for her trip to South Africa
Click to read story Redford announces that she has paid back the controversial $45,000 cost of her trip to South Africa as rumours swirl that she's facing an unprecedented caucus revolt. She'd been called on for weeks to pay it back. -
Tory MLA Len Webber leaves caucus to sit as an independent
Click to read story Calling Redford “not a nice lady” and a bully who runs her leadership on intimidation, Calgary Foothills MLA Len Webber goes independent. -
Redford should resign, says a PC constituency prez
Click to read story "Give us a chance Alison, get out," said Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview PC Constituency President Stephen Robson in an interview with CBC Radio Edmonton. -
Redford gets a "work plan" from the PC Party
Click to read story Party executives tell Redford they're coming up with a “work plan” to help the premier figure out where she can improve. -
MLA Donna Kennedy-Glans resigns from Tory caucus
Click to read story Calgary MLA Donna Kennedy-Glans resigning from Tory caucus to sit as an independent, saying she's "convinced that elements of this 43-year-old government are simply unable to make the changes needed to achieve that dream of a better Alberta." -
Redford resigns
Click here to read the story After two Tory MLAs quit the party in recent weeks, Redford says the very public questions of caucus allegiances and leadership style have distracted from the important work of the government, such as the balanced budget. She steps down effective the following Sunday. Deputy Premier Dave Hancock is named interim leader, and sworn in as Alberta's 15th premier. -
Redford's India junket over budget by $11,000
Click to read story Redford's India junket in early January was $11,000 over budget, according to a public disclosure. -
Redford was building a penthouse
Click to read the story It's learned that Redford ordered a penthouse ‘Premier’s Suite’ be built into renovations at the $375-million Federal Building downtown. -
Redford's staffers tally $1.3 million in severance
Click to read story Nine staffers let go from Redford's office will take home more than $1.3 million in severance, benefits and vacation payouts. -
Redford, missing in action frrom the legislature sitting, is spotted in Palm Springs
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It's learned that taxpayers paid $450,000 over 14-month period on Redford security
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Taxpayers were billed to the tune of hundreds of thousands due to increased security demands for former premier Alison Redford. -
Redford used fake passengers to keep government planes to herself: Auditor
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Redford used fake passengers to keep government planes to herself, according to leaked auditor general documents. -
Redford dodged the June, 2013, floods in southern Alberta for a brief meeting in Jasper, it's learned.
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Redford said she couldn't get t in the southern Alberta floods in June, 2013, because of meetings Jasper. It comes to light that former premier Redford spent just two hours in meetings. -
Redford calls it quits as MLA
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Saying "mistakes were made," Redford resigns her MLA post. It's the day before the auditor general is to release his probe into her alleged abuse of the government fleet of planes. -
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Redford cleared by RCMP
