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David Staples: Smith gets black eye in fight with medical establishment

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Alberta governments have a history of picking fights with the province’s powerful medical establishment, then losing those fights.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith picked this fight, but she still has a black eye.

Alberta Health Services chief executive officer Athana Mentzelopoulos was handpicked for her job by a new government board.

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66

Informative language

64

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25

Article tone

informal

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English

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51

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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