{"id":17637,"date":"2025-02-19T17:52:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T17:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/premier-danielle-smith-to-give-update-on-alberta-government-response-to-health-contract-allegations\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T17:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T17:52:48","slug":"premier-danielle-smith-to-give-update-on-alberta-government-response-to-health-contract-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/19\/premier-danielle-smith-to-give-update-on-alberta-government-response-to-health-contract-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier Danielle Smith to give update on Alberta government response to health contract allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Staff<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe 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update today on the government\u2019s response to allegations of government interference in lucrative medical contracts.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is also set to appear at the news conference in Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>The former head of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/alberta-health-services\">Alberta Health Services<\/a> alleges in a lawsuit that she was fired for probing questionable contracts pushed by government officials as high up as the premier\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily 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