2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (648+ words) Alberta’s fractured health care needs to be put back together, the NDP said Thursday. At the Calgary announcement of the party’s Future of Health Care plan, a doctor and a one-time patient took the podium to deliver the diagnosis. Dr. Luanne…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (664+ words) Perhaps dual-practice (allowing doctors to work in both public hospitals and private surgical clinics) is the answer to Alberta’s clogged and overburdened health care system. Dual practice is generally considered a success in Australia and a failure in the U.K....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (466+ words) Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has asked the federal government for "latitude" when it comes to the dual practice model Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has asked the federal government for “latitude” to implement the dual practice health care model, saying it…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (710+ words) "We're kind of left scratching our heads, saying, 'Where did the money go?' We think it's going to profit." The union representing 21,000 continuing care workers in Alberta says some of its members are getting close to job action, which could…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (805+ words) Every minute that ticks by between an overdose and a resuscitating injection is a minute closer to a brain injury. Which means that signs of “social disorder” and people obviously impacted by addiction and mental illness on plain display on…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (314+ words) 'Recovery Alberta recognizes the important role the site has and will continue to play in providing addiction treatment in Edmonton' Work on the flood-soaked 62-bed Henwood Treatment Centre is underway, but it will take between one and two years and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (618+ words) "This is something that we really need to care about today, and we need to also recognize that today's treatment is prevention." The Alberta health agency for primary and preventative care is now partnering with Obesity Canada in order to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (393+ words) The provincial government has issued a warning to anyone who may have received “esthetic medical services” from an Edmonton resident purporting to be a physician with a home-based business. Members of the public receiving that type of service from Max…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (553+ words) People often ask me why Edmonton needs a new stand-alone children’s hospital. The answer usually surprises them. It’s not because the Stollery Children’s Hospital isn’t working. It’s because it is. When the Stollery opened its doors in 2001, it was built…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (933+ words) The judge who led the public inquiry into the death of a 15-year-old boy who died of an opioid overdose is recommending the government bring its involuntary treatment legislation into force for youth as soon as possible. Alberta Justice Thomas…...