Edmonton As the Alberta government heads into a spring legislative sitting on Tuesday pledging to follow through with auto insurance reform and tweaking professional regulatory college powers, political observers say much of the public’s focus will be on the budget. Allegations around health contracting likely to plague government, political scientist says JanetContinue Reading
Edmonton Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government plans to spend $180 million over three years to build the two centres, which will each have 150 beds. $180M being budgeted for the pair of 150-bed centres Jack Farrell · The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 24, 2025 6:42 PM ESTContinue Reading
Edmonton Many Edmontonians’ view of Gretzky — an almost saintly figure in this city — has become complicated. Gretzky, who has ties to U.S. President Donald Trump, has not spoken out against increasing rhetoric from the U.S. government that it wants to make Canada its 51st state. Some criticizing GretzkyContinue Reading
Edmonton Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Health Minister Adriana LaGrange say they had no involvement in determining the details of contracts with private surgical facilities and stressed that all such decisions were made by Alberta Health Services (AHS) staff. All contracting decisions were made by Alberta Health Services, Smith saidContinue Reading
Edmonton The 14-day-old infant was airlifted to the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton with a serious, life-threatening injury. 14-day-old infant flown to hospital after bitten by pet dog in Entwistle, Alta.CBC News · Posted: Feb 17, 2025 4:09 PM EST | Last Updated: February 18 The baby was taken byContinue Reading
Edmonton Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has seen no evidence of wrongdoing at Alberta Health Services amid allegations of conflicts of interest within the provincial health authority. Controversy erupted last week following allegations by former AHS CEOWallis Snowdon · CBC News · Posted: Feb 12, 2025 12:49 PM ESTContinue Reading
Edmonton As a growing number of seniors and their families wait for an Edmonton property developer to repay the money it owes under life-lease contracts, the company says provincial regulations are a new stumbling block. Company says provincial regulations are a new stumbling block for repayment Madeline Smith · CBCContinue Reading
Your doctor may have a new assistant that isn’t human. Artificial intelligence is not new to medicine or health care delivery. But as large language model AI, such as ChatGPT, rapidly become more powerful, doctors have increasingly been adopting patient-facing tools in their practice. But AI comes with its own setContinue Reading
Edmonton Alberta’s oldest pool hall and barbershop is on the hunt for a new barber. The historic establishment in the Village of Vilna, 150 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, has been a community fixture for more than 100 years. Vilna Pool Hall and Barbershop looking for someone skilled in the artContinue Reading
Edmonton CNRL was fined $278K after hundreds of birds died in a tailings pond. Now it has launched an appealA major operator in Alberta’s oilsands is appealing a $278,000 regulatory fine it was issued after hundreds of birds died in one of its toxic tailings ponds. 411 birds died when anContinue Reading
