Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner and Hospitals Minister Matt Jones announce they are resigning from cabinet and will not seek re-election in the next provincial election. Both ministers say they are stepping aside ahead of a planned cabinet shuffle scheduled for Thursday. Horner, who leads Alberta’s finance portfolio, and Jones, who oversees hospital and surgical health services, each state they will not run again. Their decisions are presented as part of the government’s preparation for the cabinet changes rather than responses to a specific new policy event. The announcements indicate that the Progressive Conservative government expects to name replacements and reorganize responsibilities following their exits from cabinet. The ministers’ departures are confirmed by both outlets, which report the same individuals and the same timing leading into the cabinet shuffle. The next steps for the portfolios are not detailed in the reports, but the cabinet changes are expected to follow Thursday’s shuffle.