Monday, September 22: Today is Nomination Day, the deadline for municipal candidates across Alberta to file their paperwork. The municipal elections will be held on October 20.
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Tuesday, September 23: The federal government announces the launch of its “assault-style” gun buyback pilot project, initially promised in 2020. Alberta’s minister of justice, Mickey Amery, and minister of public safety and emergency services, Mike Ellis, respond by saying “This confiscation scheme is not about public safety.…they are only keeping this program to satisfy Liberal voters in Quebec.”
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September 23: News circulates that Alberta Health Services is demanding a contracted ambulance provider pay back $4.1-million after an audit revealed overpayments including almost $1-million of “misappropriated public funds.”
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Wednesday, September 24: Finance minister Nate Horner announces that a tentative agreement has been reached between the Alberta Teachers’ Association and government negotiators. If the deal is ratified, a strike currently scheduled for October 6 will be averted.
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September 24: The interim report for judge Raymond Wyant’s investigation into allegations of impropriety in procurement at Alberta Health Services, due today after an initial four-month delay, has been delayed again. The final report, originally to have been published on June 30, will now be released on October 15.
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