Alberta government to focus on legislative agenda, despite allegations of corruption

Alberta’s United Conservative government house leader says lawmakers won’t be sidetracked by allegations officials pushed the province’s front-line health agency to sign off on overpriced private medical contracts.Legislature members will be meeting under a cloud for the start of the spring session Tuesday, almost two weeks after the former head of Alberta Health Services, Athana Mentzelopoulos, filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the province.In the lawsuit, she alleges she was fired after looking into high-level government interference and questionable, multimillion-dollar contracts.