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Jun 18, 2026
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Danielle Smith to cut millions of Alberta residents $100 cheques amid windfall oil revenues
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Danielle Smith to cut millions of Alberta residents $100 cheques amid windfall oil revenues
MATTHEW SCACE
CALGARY
PUBLISHED 1 HOUR AGO
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, right, walks past antique gas pumps in Calgary on Wednesday to announce a new affordability measure.
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Premier Danielle Smith’s government will cut $100 cheques to as many as 3.4 million Alberta residents this summer, casting it as a cost-of-living measure amid windfall oil revenues tied to the Iran war.
The payments were presented by Ms. Smith an…
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