Alberta Health Care

• Patients detail ‘disaster’ inside emergency departments of Alberta hospitals

  Health workers say the crisis facing Alberta hospitals, including inadequate staff and funding, not enough infrastructure and a failure to plan, has been years in the making.

  Health

  Jan 28
  
• Confusion as medical outpatient unit keeps moving University of Alberta Hospital

  After a man died in the waiting room of one Edmonton hospital, there's more signs of a strained health-care system in Alberta's capital — this time when it comes to outpatients.

  Health

  Jan 7
  
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• Edmonton paramedics exhausted amid long response times, fewer staff: ‘It’s heartbreaking’

  With the busy shifts, patients are seeing massive delays after they call 911. The wait times are also having a big impact on the paramedics treating them.

  Health

  Dec 22, 2025
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• 2 Calgary families raise concerns over treatment in care homes

  Two separate Calgary-area families are raising concerns about the way they say their mothers have been treated at two different care facilities.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2025
• Edmonton families facing long health-care wait times

  The Dornbusch family has been in and out of hospital since 2019, getting the treatments they need for 9-year-old Jackson. In that time, theyve noticed a change in care.

  Health

  Oct 31, 2025
• Leaked emails show Sask. breast cancer patients can’t afford Calgary for care

  Leaked Saskatchewan government emails say some breast cancer patients are choosing not to go to Calgary for treatment because they can't afford it.

  Health

  Mar 11, 2025
• Alberta government dismisses board of Alberta Health Services

  Just weeks after firing the head of Alberta Health Services, the Alberta government has dismissed the AHS board of directors and replaced it with the deputy minister of health.

  Health

  Jan 31, 2025
• Changes to Child Care Act ‘a good first step’ but ‘lots more to do’ say parents

  The government of Alberta says it’s taking steps to strengthen legislation governing the province’s child care sector but some parents say the changes don't go far enough.

  Politics

  Oct 30, 2024
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• Campaigning in Lethbridge heats up amid new primary care announcement

  On the heels of the Alberta government announcing a new health-care plan, candidates in Lethbridge-West are pleading their case to voters.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2024
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• 48% of new Alberta nurses leave profession before they turn 35: report

  Nearly 48 per cent of nurses in Alberta under the age of 35 left the profession in 2022, according to a new report.

  Health

  Sep 24, 2024