If Alberta doctors ratify a proposed new agreement with the provincial government, the government has pledged to reverse a controversial legislative change, say documents obtained by CBC News.
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100 years ago, a train carrying Spanish flu pulled into Calgary. Within weeks, Alberta was in crisis
While those in the prime of their life were victims of both the war and the flu, the war took young men. Women (mainly volunteer nurses and expecting mothers), Indigenous people, and members of the working class were hardest hit by the influenza.
Couple charged in child’s death want millions from Alberta government for their defence
The Alberta couple accused of causing their son’s death by refusing to take the sick boy to a doctor want their trial delayed until the provincial government pays them $ 1 million and puts $ 3 million in trust for defence fees at their upcoming trial.
Alberta pledges maximum of $700M for possible 2026 Calgary Olympics
The Alberta government pledged $ 700 million on Friday for a potential Calgary Winter Olympics, with conditions. In a letter from Finance Minister Joe Ceci to Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Kirsty Duncan, federal minister of science and sport, the province said the money is contingent on "the majority of Calgarians supporting the bid in the November 13th plebiscite." Another condition […]
Heart treatment could have saved her husband’s life — but it wasn’t available in central Alberta
A grieving family is pleading with Alberta Health Services to make a life-saving treatment for heart attack patients available in Red Deer — before another patient dies in Central Alberta.
Alberta gov’t announces universal coverage for HIV-prevention drug PrEP
Alberta will be providing universal coverage for PrEP — an HIV-prevention drug that is up to 99 per cent effective at stopping transmission of the disease — beginning Oct. 1.
‘Not good for anybody’: Southern Alberta air quality remains ‘very high risk’ to health
Smoke pouring in from nearby British Columbia continues to deteriorate the air quality in Alberta.
3 Alberta hockey players injured after campfire incident
A player from the Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey team is in a medically induced coma after he and two others were injured at a campfire on the weekend. In a statement, the Western Hockey League says Ryan Vandervlis, a 20-year old centre with the elite major junior team, suffered severe burns. His family says that he's […]
Supreme Court orders new trial for Alberta parents convicted in meningitis death of toddler
Seven Supreme Court of Canada judges have agreed with the legal team of a former Alberta couple, Collet and David Stephan, that the trial judge erred in instructions to the 2016 jury who convicted the couple in the death of their toddler son.
Alberta hiring its first advocate for people with disabilities
The province is hiring its first advocate for people with disabilities, with a mandate to represent the rights, interests and viewpoints of people with disabilities
