Alberta Health Services

• Alberta government in ‘final stages’ of health-care revamp with new legislation

  Health Minister LaGrange is tabling legislation that would officially shuffle workers represented by five different unions from AHS to a different agency and the health ministry.

  Health

  May 1
  
• Former Alberta minister Peter Guthrie tables cabinet notes, calls for transparency

  Peter Guthrie, a former cabinet minister removed from the UCP caucus, says transparency has been missing from the government as it continues to navigate a health contract scandal.

  Politics

  Apr 30
  
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• Measles advisory issued for Taber Health Centre

  Health officials in Alberta have issued a warning about another possible measles exposure, this one in the emergency department at the Taber Health Centre.

  Health

  Apr 24
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• Alberta Health Services warns of new measles exposures in several communities

  Alberta Health Services has issued warnings about a least a dozen new locations in the province where people may have been exposed to confirmed cases of measles.

  Health

  Apr 22
• Alberta’s request to question fired AHS CEO over confidential emails granted

  The province is seeking to have Athana Mentzelopoulos, the former CEO of AHS, return emails she sent herself the day before being fired, and disclose who she shared the info with.

  Politics

  Apr 21
• Fecal bacteria water quality advisory issued for Sturgeon River in St. Albert

  The Sturgeon River between Big Lake and downtown St. Albert is a popular spot for kayakers and paddleboarders, but they are being advised to avoid the waterway due to bacteria.

  Environment

  Apr 18
• Dr. Sunil Sookram named Alberta’s new interim top doctor amid measles outbreak

  Trained as an ER physician, Dr. Sunil Sookram currently is the medical director and chief of medical staff at Strathcona Community Hospital in Sherwood Park.

  Politics

  Apr 17
• Ousted Alberta MLA details allegation Danielle Smith purposely misled cabinet

  Former infrastructure minister Peter Guthrie is accusing Premier Danielle Smith and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange of deliberately misleading a January cabinet committee meeting.

  Politics

  Apr 17
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• Mark Joffe no longer Alberta’s chief medical officer of health

  Two and a half years after taking over as Alberta's top doctor on an interim basis, Mark Joffe is no longer in his role. 

  Politics

  Apr 15
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• Premier Danielle Smith resists calls from NDP to pull lawyers from health probe process

  The United Conservative premier said the NDP is twisting the truth, and there is no gag order.

  Politics

  Apr 15