Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has filed his defence in a defamation lawsuit brought against him over his remarks on the release of the inquiry into supposed misinformation about the province’s energy industry.

The province reported 11 new deaths on Friday, pushing the total number of deaths up to 4,003.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars in critical supplies are off to eastern Europe in a week since they were collected.

The Official Opposition is asking the province to reassess its decision to remove the study of Ukraine as a nation-state from the Grade 3 social studies curriculum in Alberta.

Premier Jason Kenney defended the controversial disqualification of two people hoping to become UCP MLAs Thursday. Both were endorsed by his rival Brian Jean.