David Shepherd

• 5M bottles of children’s medication en route to Alberta in coming weeks

  Alberta Health Services has secured a shipment of five million bottles of children's acetaminophen and ibuprofen as RSV continues to spread among kids.

  Health

  Dec 6, 2022
  
• Alberta strikes 3 primary health care advisory panels

  A trio of advisory panels are expected to come forward with primary health-care system recommendations for the Alberta government in spring 2023.

  Health

  Sep 23, 2022
  
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• Calgarians waiting longer in hospital emergency rooms: AHS data

  Recent data published by the AHS shows wait times at Calgary's emergency departments have progressively worsened over the past two years. 

  Health

  May 18, 2022
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• Alberta NDP proposes anti-racism bill to identify gaps in provincial services

  The bill will require public bodies to collect race-based data and use that data to conduct impact assessments, report findings and report on the progress of recommendations.

  Politics

  Mar 24, 2022
• Alberta announces plan, committee to address EMS system problems

  The Alberta government has struck an advisory committee to address challenges facing Alberta’s emergency medical services system.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2022
• Alberta considering opening COVID-19 boosters sooner than 6 months: Copping

  Health Minister Jason Copping said the province is in conversation with Dr. Deena Hinshaw on allowing COVID booster shots sooner than six months amid surging Omicron variant cases.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2021
• Alberta’s 4th wave of COVID-19 mirrors the beginning of previous 2 spikes: Expert

  'I don't see any bending of the curve that would suggest that we're going to see an earlier or lower peak than those two previous waves.'

  Health

  Aug 26, 2021
• Alberta adds 669 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday as NDP calls for action to contain variants

  Alberta's NDP is calling for more action from the provincial government on how it will manage COVID-19 variants if they begin spreading locally.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2021
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• UCP associate minister backtracks on comments suggesting Alberta is holding off COVID-19 shutdown

  A UCP MLA and associate minister is coming under fire for comments around Alberta's COVID-19 response he made during a virtual town hall Friday evening.

  Politics

  Nov 22, 2020
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• Alberta hasn’t provided COVID-19 models since April; NDP wants new data released

  Modelling information showed various scenarios of infection, estimated how many Albertans would require hospitalization and predicted how many deaths the province could see.

  Health

  Oct 8, 2020