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Alberta government offers blueprint to help businesses support workers dealing with addictionThe province and the provincial Crown corporation Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence released a document with ideas to help those struggling in the workplace.HealthJan 22
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Alberta premier’s office says she was unaware of new opioid data before electionDanielle Smith's office is denying the Opposition's claim that her government concealed the latest data on opioid-related deaths until after the provincial election.HealthJun 27, 2023
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Alberta data reveals deadliest month for toxic drug fatalities in 7 yearsThis is the first time the province updated its substance use surveillance system since January.HealthJun 26, 2023
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Conscience rights bill, recall legislation likely to die if UCP granted prorogationFour bills, including a UCP MLA's controversial private member's bill, will effectively die now if Premier Jason Kenney's government receives approval for its plan to not have the Legislative Assembly reconvene until late February.PoliticsJan 16, 2020
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Medical schools should deny applicants who object to provide abortion, assisted death: bioethicistUdo Schuklenk says screening out would-be doctors who would object to providing health care on conscience grounds would avoid debates over things like Alberta's Bill 207.HealthNov 23, 2019
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Alberta’s controversial ‘conscience rights’ Bill 207 voted down in committee hearingA bill proposing Alberta health care providers be allowed to refuse medical services and referrals on moral grounds was voted down at a committee hearing Thursday night in Edmonton.PoliticsNov 22, 2019
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‘This encourages patient abandonment’: Edmontonians rally against Bill 207 at Alberta legislatureThe bill, which has now passed first reading, was introduced in the legislature by Peace River United Conservative Party MLA Dan Williams.PoliticsNov 16, 2019
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AMA president pens letter to UCP health minister to raise concerns over conscience rights legislationThe head of the organization that represents Alberta's physicians has reached out to the province's health minister to "state some concerns" about a conscience rights bill that passed first reading in the legislature last week.HealthNov 13, 2019
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UCP MLA’s bill on health workers’ conscience rights passes 1st reading, NDP fear it reopens abortion debateA private member's bill meant to "commit health care providers'... [conscience] rights from the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in provincial law," passed first reading at the Alberta legislature on Thursday.HealthNov 7, 2019
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UCP MLA’s private member’s bill to reopen debate on physician conscience rightsAlberta politicians are to debate the role of conscience rights and the responsibilities of physicians asked to assist or advise on abortions, contraception or medically assisted deaths.HealthNov 6, 2019
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