Alberta doctors

• Trust must be rebuilt after proposed new labour deal rejected, Alberta doctors say

  Dr. Paul Boucher says before he and Health Minister Tyler Shandro can even begin negotiating the nuts and bolts of a new deal, that trust must be regained.

  Health

  Apr 12
• COVID-19 outbreak involving variant declared at Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton

  Three health-care workers and one patient linked to the outbreak tested positive for COVID-19, Alberta Health Services said. 

  Health

  Apr 6
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• Premier rejects Opposition calls for Alberta health minister to be fired over failed deal with doctors

  Doctors voted 53 per cent against the new deal brokered by the Alberta Medical Association and Tyler Shandro's Health Ministry.

  Health

  Mar 31
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• Alberta physicians reject new master agreement with provincial government

  Alberta's doctors have rejected a proposed new master agreement aimed at resolving a year's worth of acrimony over pay and working conditions with the provincial government.

  Politics

  Mar 31
• ‘We really rely on you’: Southern Alberta doctors urge people to follow COVID-19 rules

  "Regardless of what the rules are, they're only as good as people's intentions to follow them and so we are encouraging people to please do."

  Health

  Mar 30
• Alberta announces $6M program to increase doctors in rural communities

  The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) will rollout the new Return to Service Agreement program.

  Health

  Mar 27
• Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro says 2020 changes to doctor billing wrong, won’t be repeated

  Alberta's health minister says it was a mistake a year ago to try to make changes to physician payments on extended patient visits.

  Health

  Mar 23
• COVID-19: How being a doctor in Alberta has changed throughout the pandemic

  From entire wards dedicated to one infectious illness to coming up with new ways to see patients, doctors have been met with challenge after challenge this past year.

  Features

  Mar 12
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• Alberta police, community physicians ask to be considered for COVID-19 vaccine priority

  More front-line workers are pushing the Alberta government to be included in Phase 2 -- even as part of an expanded Phase 2A -- of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

  Crime

  Mar 11
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• Alberta government, Alberta Medical Association reach tentative agreement for physicians

  The Alberta Medical Association and the province have reached a tentative agreement for physicians.

  Politics

  Feb 26