Rural Doctors

• Northern Alberta Medical Program students begin training to strengthen rural health care

  The students are the first cohort accepted into the Northern Alberta Medical Program, who will complete their education at Northwestern Polytechnic’s campus in Grande Prairie.

  Health

  Aug 25, 2025
  
• Rural southern Alberta community desperate for doctor shortage solution

  In 2023, the Milk River emergency department closed 30 times lasting anywhere from a few hours to a few days. So far in 2024, there've already been nine closures.

  Health

  Feb 6, 2024
  
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• Saskatchewan adds 15 internationally trained doctors to rural communities

  The Province of Saskatchewan has announced 15 new internationally trained doctors are practicing in rural communities as efforts continue toward easing health-care challenges.

  Health

  Mar 16, 2023
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• Newfoundland and Labrador temporarily hikes pay for doctors in rural emergency rooms

  Rural health centres across the province have had to intermittently shut down their emergency services because of a lack of doctors.

  Health

  Jul 14, 2022
• RESIDE program hopes to incentivize new family doctors to work in 15 rural Alberta areas

  The RESIDE Program also includes an undergrad tuition reimbursement of up to $60,000 and a remote community incentive of between $20,000 and $40,000.

  Health

  Jan 31, 2022
• 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, 2021
• MLA hopeful changes coming for program attracting doctors, nurses to rural Nova Scotia

  An Eastern Shore MLA is hopeful a federal incentive program will change so it includes his constituency, which has seen emergency department closures due to doctor shortages.

  Canada

  Jan 14, 2021
• Temporary closures at Milk River Health Centre’s emergency department because of ‘physician absence’

  Alberta Health Services said the emergency department at the Milk River Health Centre is seeing temporary closures due to “physician absence."

  Health

  Dec 29, 2020
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• Pincher Creek doctors still planning to withdraw services Oct. 31

  Pincher Creek mayor and council have asked the doctors to take a step back and have taken over communication with Alberta's health minister. 

  Health

  Oct 1, 2020
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• Pincher Creek doctor calls out AHS, Alberta health minister for misinformation, lack of support

  A dispute between a group of doctors in Pincher Creek, Alta., and the provincial government has led to one physician to post a public response alleging misinformation is being spread by officials.

  Politics

  Aug 3, 2020