The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel: Recent Episodes
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Every week, Rachel Emmanuel will keep you informed on the latest in Alberta news and politics – including what’s happening in the UCP leadership race. The Alberta Roundup will feature analysis and commentary from the heart of the West. Tune in every Saturday.
Today on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s troubled visit to the Calgary Stampede. First, Premier Danielle Smith rejected his net zero electricity grid by 2035 target, and then Trudeau decided to try cooking for the first time. A Liberal rally also went awry when protesters showed up. Finally, Rachel has an announcement to share and she addresses some of your comments from last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel analyzes what CBC News got wrong earlier this year and why their response doesn’t go far enough. Rachel also reveals the hidden cost to Canadian taxpayers in Bill C-18. Finally, Rachel reads some of your comments from last week. Tune into the Alberta Roundup now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel is joined by Kris Sims, the Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Rachel and Kris discuss Bill C-18 and the hidden cost to Canadian taxpayers. Also on the show, Rachel and Kris dive into the federal government’s new Clean Fuel Regulations which came into effect on Saturday. Happy Canada Day! A new tax from the Liberal government. But what exactly does it mean for Albertans? Tune into the Alberta Roundup now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses the Alberta government’s response to the federal government’s new Clean Fuel Regulations. Also this week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was accused of “stalling” the transition to clean energy. Rachel also has an exclusive interview with a Canadian woman who’s seeking treatment in the US after being denied an organ transplant in Canada. You can donate to Sheila Annete Lewis’ GiveSendGo by clicking HERE. And, some Alberta doctors are upset that former provincial chief medical health officer Deena Hinshaw’s recent job offer was rescinded. Tune into the Alberta Roundup now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this special episode of the Alberta Roundup, Rachel Emmanuel interviews Sheila Annette Lewis — a Canadian woman who’s been denied an organ transplant because she refused the Covid-19 vaccine. An Alberta appeal court has said it is a virtually certainty Lewis will die without the transplant. Lewis has recently been given a new hope by an American hospital which has agreed to give her the transplant if testing reveals her body is still healthy enough. But, she’ll need to fundraise $600,000 USD for the surgery. She’s currently crowdfunding through GiveSendGo. Lewis expresses frustration that the details of her case have been hidden under a publication ban, but also explains why she keeps fighting against all odds.Tune into the Alberta Roundup now! Support Sheila here: https://www.givesendgo.com/GAM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel announces that a dying unvaccinated woman has been given new hope by an American hospital, but she’ll need to fundraise over half a million dollars.
Rachel also breaks down Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s meeting with federal counterparts to discuss energy policy. And, the UCP government followed through on its campaign promise to pause the fuel tax till the end of the year.
Finally, Rachel has a revelation about former Alberta chief medical health officer Deena Hinshaw you won’t want to miss.
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This week on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s revelation that she’s prepared to form a coalition with like-minded provinces to fight the Trudeau government’s energy policies. Rachel also breaks down Meta’s responses to Smith’s claims that she was briefly banned from Facebook. Finally, Rachel reveals that Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley is going to spend some time considering her role as party leader. Tune into the Alberta Roundup now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s latest pledge to hire outside arson investigators to look into the 175 wildfires that have no known cause. Rachel also takes a quick look at the new cabinet, and the official election results which includes new numbers for two recounts. Finally, Rachel has some shocking news about Calgary city council’s latest bid to restrict pro life messaging. Tune into the Alberta Roundup now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on the Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel, Rachel discusses the Alberta election results, including some of the close ridings. She also takes a look at the left melting down over Danielle Smith’s re-elected UCP government.
Finally, Rachel discusses a new course being offered to student in St. Albert and responds to some of your comments.
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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 Liberal Minister and Edmonton MP is calling Smith’s proposed sovereignty act “an attack on Canadian unity.” Tune into the Alberta Roundup now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Finally, the Alberta Parents’ Union is reigniting warnings that a proposal to relocate a program for pregnant teens is unsafe after a boy was stabbed at a school pitched for the relocation. Tune into the Alberta Roundup now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 a former NDP MLA has pleaded guilty to a charge under the Health Information Act after he was charged for illegally attempting to access private information contained in the Alberta Health vaccine portal in September 2021.
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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 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Also on the show, Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says the federal government is withholding official communication about a recent federal-provincial meeting because Alberta requested that Ottawa name provinces opposed to its gun grab scheme.
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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 people and she denounced the World Economic Forum. Also on the show, Rachel discusses former UCP leadership candidate Leela Aheer, who placed last in the leadership contest. Aheer announced she won’t run for the party in the spring 2023 general election. To wrap up the show, Rachel discusses the latest update in the Trudeau Liberals’ gun grab scheme. Tune in to The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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. Also on the show, Rachel discusses the latest in the ‘apology wars’ taking over Alberta politics. Smith apologized this week for her past comments on Ukraine, and now the UCP is demanding NDP leader Rachel Notley condemn Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew who was invited to speak at the Alberta NDP convention this weekend. Kinew pled guilty to assaulting a cab driver in 2004. To wrap up the show, Rachel discusses the latest city of Calgary proposal to spend over $160 million on electric buses. Tune in to The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 Alberta did not need the Emergencies Act to deal with the Coutts border blockade. The divide between former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Smith was amplified this week when reports emerged that Kenney refused to accept Smith's invitation for a meeting. All of that and more on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 discusses the recent revelation from federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino that the feds need provincial help to carry out their gun buyback scheme.Rachel also discusses all the Canadians moving to Alberta, the City of Edmonton passing a single-use plastics ban, and Edmonton’s $170 million bike lanes proposal. Tune in to Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 disingenuous tweet about legal guns. As a result, the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights clapped back at the state broadcaster for trying to “instill fear” about law-abiding gun owners. Plus, the UCP leadership race will come to an end next week as members will elect a new leader and new premier. These stories and more on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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 organizer Tamara Lich, saying says it was “abhorrent” that the Medicine Hat police service spent energy re-arresting her. And a citizens advocacy group has started a petition to stop Edmonton’s plastics ban. Common Sense Edmonton says the proposal is more virtue-signalling price increases from the government. These stories and more on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel!
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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 Alberta’s Mount Royal University announced it plans on cancelling ice hockey intramural to be more “accessible and inclusive.”
And the Sovereignty Act continues to dominate the United Conservative Party leadership race. This week, four United Conservative Party leadership candidates banded together to oppose Danielle Smith’s Alberta Sovereignty Act.
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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 looking to replace Kenney. Plus, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland gets yelled at by angry protesters while visiting Alberta. Does Freeland deserve your sympathy or are Canadians upset for good reason? And Rachel discusses the latest in the UCP leadership race, including the final debate which saw Todd Loewen deliver an epic takedown of the Trudeau government’s fertilizer emissions scheme. These stories and more on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel.
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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.
Plus, United Conservative Party (UCP) leadership candidates sparred on taxes, Alberta’s Covid-19 response and trans athletes at the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP) and Rebel News leadership forum and fundraiser in Edmonton.
And UCP leadership candidate Leela Aheer made multiple headlines this week. First, she accused the APP and Rebel News forum of being responsible for “white supremacy, homophobia and racism.” Then her Facebook account was allegedly hacked.
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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 Affairs Canada inappropriately brought up doctor-assisted euthanasia with a veteran seeking treatment for mental health issues, UCP leadership candidate Travis Toews says if he becomes premier, he will do everything in his power to ensure this radical service isn’t offered to those suffering from mental illnesses.
And if you’re looking for your start in Alberta politics, you could become the next leader of Alberta Liberal Party! This week, it was revealed that no one submitted a nomination to run in the party’s leadership contest by the party’s deadline.
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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 Kenney called for an investigation into price fixing by gas companies last month as some Albertans were paying higher prices than those living in Ontario.
Also, a new controversy is brewing after it was revealed that a former chief of staff to Kenney is earning over $200,000 from a government contract while working in the private sector.
Plus, the latest in the UCP leadership race as Rajan Sawney’s campaign suffered a major blow this week.
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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 front of a bull and pushed it off a boy it was trampling at the Strathmore Stampede during the Running of the Bulls event. And UCP candidates share their vision for a provincial police force – a policy that has long been discussed as a means to give Alberta more autonomy. All but two candidates are in favour of the policy – Rebecca Schulz and Brian Jean. These stories and more on The Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel! Tune in now!
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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 of their opportunity to square off with the highest profile candidate in the race.
Also, an Alberta Court of Appeals judge ruled in Pastor Artur Pawlowski's favour this week, ordering the Alberta Health Services to reimburse the fines Pawlowski was forced to pay for refusing to comply with government-ordered church capacity limits.
And Alberta Agriculture Minister Nate Horner took aim at Trudeau's newest fertilizer reduction scheme, saying that Ottawa pulled these emmision reduction targets "out of thin air".All of that and more on the first episode of Alberta Roundup with Rachel Emmanuel. Tune in now!
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