Medical wait times costing Canadians billions in lost wages, productivity – Edmonton
A Fraser Institute study released on Tuesday showed the financial impact of long wait times for surgery and…
Recovery Alberta set to slash hours Safeworks Connect team operates in Calgary
A Calgary-based outreach team that’s trained to respond to overdoses in the city’s inner-city Beltline neighbourhood, will see…
Research highlights disparities in breast cancer care for Black women in Canada
Adeola Adesemowo felt the change before she had a diagnosis. It was subtle at first — easy to…
Patients detail ‘disaster’ inside emergency departments of Alberta hospitals
Sick with pneumonia and a blood infection, Paula Krawiec said her 77-year-old mother waited 24 hours to see…
Number of COVID-19 Shots Delivered in Alberta Drops By Half, Following $100 Fee and Other Restrictions
The number of Albertans who got a COVID-19 vaccine during this winter’s immunization campaign is about half the…
New legal structure of Alberta health system in place, Premier Smith now eyes results
The Alberta government in 2025 completed the final legal foundations of its new health-care system — and Premier…
Alberta shuts down supervised drug consumption site at Royal Alexandra Hospital
A supervised consumption site at a central Edmonton hospital is closing on Tuesday. Recovery Alberta confirmed, in line…
Revolving CEO door at Alberta Health Services continues as Andre Tremblay replaced
After being replaced in the health ministry, Andre Tremblay is also no longer the head of Alberta Health…
Alberta Health Services and AUPE hospital workers back at table with strike looming
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The union representing 16,000 Alberta hospital workers has returned to…
Alberta hospital workers issues strike notice; AUPE says picketing to begin Saturday
Editor’s note: A previous version said the strike is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Saturday. The story…
Alberta unveils plan to improve health-care, critics not impressed
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has unveiled her government’s next round of plans to improve the province’s health-care system.…
Edmonton families facing long health-care wait times – Edmonton
More Edmonton families are speaking out about worrying health-care wait times in Alberta, wondering what the waits will…