Michelle Bellefontaine

Mental health professionals say the Alberta government’s delay in creating a new professional college for counselling therapists is creating financial and logistical barriers for Indigenous people seeking help.

The Alberta government is looking to free up EMS crews for emergencies by contracting out non-emergency patient transfers between facilities to private third-party companies.

The legislation is expected to lay out Ottawa’s plan to retrain workers to move into to green or renewable energy jobs so they don’t get left behind as the world moves away from oil and gas.

Heavy workloads and staff shortages for EMS in Alberta are hindering efforts to train a new generation of paramedics.

Peter Scott, the Athabasca University president who openly defied the province’s direction to drop the institution’s move to virtual operations, was fired by the school’s board of governors Wednesday.

Alberta Health Services will undergo a review of all its mental health and addictions services to ensure they align with the provincial government’s push toward recovery-oriented system of care.

Cold Lake council wants to buy a local medical clinic in hopes that it entice more doctors to come to a community where 40 per cent of residents lack access to a family physician.

The province is denying it issued an order requiring paramedics to off-load their patients at ERs within 45 minutes regardless of the capacity of medical staff.

The Alberta government has introduced legislation giving Justice Minister Tyler Shandro the ability to hamper the federal government’s ability to collect restricted firearms under C-21.

Bill 10 proposes offering dental, drug, vision and other supplemental health benefits tor Alberta children adopted either from government care or through a private adoption agency.