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Calgary Another high ranking Alberta Health Services official has been ousted and hundreds of staff are being transferred to the province’s new acute care agency, as the government continues its complete overhaul of the health system while embroiled in a contract procurement controversy. 425 staff transferring to new acute careContinue Reading

Calgary The politically charged Keystone XL pipeline is back in the spotlight, with U.S. President Donald Trump pitching the company behind the project to return to the U.S. and “get it built – NOW!” President says if original company unwilling, ‘perhaps another’ would revive it Paula Duhatschek · CBC NewsContinue Reading

Calgary Andre Tremblay, the one-man board of directors at AHS, amended policies to effectively ensure that he’d be the only leader of AHS until agency restructuring is complete. ‘Too much concentration of power,’ says public administration expert Jason Markusoff · CBC News · Posted: Feb 24, 2025 5:36 PM ESTContinue Reading

Calgary Some Alberta doctors are facing pay cuts for their on-call work and they’re warning the changes could make staffing problems in hospitals worse. Stipends for being available from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays to be eliminated Jennifer Lee · CBC News · Posted: Feb 24, 2025 7:00 AMContinue Reading

Calgary The cougar kittens will stay temporarily with the animal care, health and welfare team at the zoo until a permanent home at another facility in Canada is determined. Cubs wouldn’t have survived without their mother, zoo says Joey Chini · CBC News · Posted: Feb 18, 2025 7:29 PM EST | LastContinue Reading

Water sharing between Canada and the United States has long been a contentious issue.  In 2005, former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed warned against sharing Canada’s water supply with the United States, suggesting Alberta’s most important resource was water, not oil and gas. “We should communicate to the United States veryContinue Reading

Calgary Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie is urging that the premier remove Health Minister Adriana LaGrange from her post during investigations into AHS and allegations of her interference. Peter Guthrie calls for Adriana LaGrange to be moved to ‘another unrelated ministry’ amid AHS probes Jason Markusoff · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

Calgary WestJet has announced a multibillion-dollar, long-term commercial agreement with German aircraft services firm Lufthansa Technik to build a new engine repair station in Calgary. Calgary-based airline says 15-year contract is the largest in its historyThe Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 13, 2025 1:12 PM EST | Last Updated: FebruaryContinue Reading

Calgary Researchers are now racing to come up with strategies to at least slow the spread of the disease in deer and reduce the chances of it spreading to more vulnerable caribou populations — or, worse, humans. ‘I don’t think we’re going to easily be able to eradicate the disease. WeContinue Reading