Alberta on track for $2.4 billion surplus despite lower oil prices and wildfires

August 31, 2023 7:22 pm MST.

The Alberta government claims to be on track for a $2.4 billion surplus by the end of the fiscal year, but that figure doesn’t account for the purchase of medical lab service provider DynaLife. Henna Saeed reports.

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