Alberta doctors urge province to offer free RSV shot to all newborns to cut health risks, hospital visits | CBC News Pediatricians are calling on the Alberta government to provide a preventative RSV shot for free to all newborns this fall, saying the move could spare many babies from getting very sick and reduce pre...

Alberta is one of a few Canadian provinces that does not offer universal coverage for a preventative RSV shot for newborns

The shots are reserved for infants deemed high risk

Doctors are calling on the gov't to provide the injections, for free, to all newborns this fall:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nocturne
Tom Thomson
1916

Amery essentially says the UCP has not ruled out ramming through the minority riding boundary recommendation. It would eliminate any chance of the NDP forming government. It's the most anti-democratic threat since Aberhart. And the NDP are like, "Albertans deserve fair maps!"

Pacific Sands
Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian
1983

Unpaid Subcontractors for Recovery Centres Say UCP Abandoned Them | The Tyee One says he faces bankruptcy as publicly funded projects are stalled by a tangled legal fight.

There is far more to this story, particularly in relation to the Metis Nation of Alberta. Send tips in confidence to journalismtips@protonmail.com.

Unpaid Subcontractors for Recovery Centres Say UCP Abandoned Them via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

Edmonton emergency doctors and hospitalists warn of ER backlogs when stipend payments end | CBC News Some family doctors and emergency room physicians working in Edmonton hospitals warn that an April 1 end to stipend pay arrangements could put patient care at risk and increase suffering.

A phase out of incentives for Alberta doctors (stipends) could have a substantial effect on the availability of hospital care, starting April 1. Not only did surgeons warn of potential cancellations, but ER docs and hospitalists are warning of a potential hit to emergency and inpatient care #ableg

Grizzly Bear and Cub
Eddie Cobiness ~ Ojibwe
1990

Police search offices of Sam Mraiche-owned firm as part of Alberta procurement probe MHCare Medical, a government supplier, is under scrutiny for its ties to public servants and provincial politicians

www.theglobeandmail....

Some important context: MHCare and Mr. Mraiche likely has over a BILLION dollars' worth of HC related business with our AB govt... hard to know exact amount as there is NO TRANSPARENCY on the sole source contracting and back room deals w govt
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Critics Fear Alberta’s Involuntary Treatment Plan Will Cut Hospital Access | The Tyee The UCP is spending $7.5 million to convert 100 acute care beds despite a shortage.

The Alberta government is allocating $7.5 million to create about 100 secure beds in hospitals throughout the province to accommodate people detained under the province’s controversial involuntary treatment program. @brettmckay.bsky.social with the @theijf.org reports. #abpoli

Looking East to the Mainland
Takao Tanabe
1983

Accusations Fly in Newly Surfaced Legal Fight Involving Sam Mraiche | The Tyee The controversial Alberta businessman denies allegations he strong-armed a firm building publicly funded treatment centres.

Sam Mraiche is the Edmonton multimillionaire businessman at the centre of one of the biggest ongoing political scandals in recent Alberta history. @charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli

“A shared vision”: Public money funnelled through conference sponsorships may line pockets of UCP policy pushers From 2021 to 2025, the Alberta government gave at least $745,000 in conference sponsorships to Last Door Recovery Society. The deliverables were redacted but appear linked to conflicts of interest amo...

If anyone had any doubt that the corrupt Alberta government is steering the teardown of harm reduction across the country, Doug Ford spelled it out for us this week.

Here’s a look inside the wrecking-ball AB ministry and its private-sector friendships in BC:
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

Alberta government moves to drastically reduce access to medically assisted dying EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government took steps Wednesday to drastically restrict who's eligible for medical assistance in dying.

"More than outlawing MAID for certain circumstances, Alberta's bill would also prohibit medical professionals from referring patients to providers in other provinces....+

www.timescolonist.com/national-new....

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Mike Ellis and the UCP are ramming through their provincial police service and offering money to municipalities to dump the RCMP. So how's it going with the new municipal police service in Grande Prairie? Really, really bad. www.reddit.com/r/GrandePrai...

Accusations Fly in Newly Surfaced Legal Fight Involving Sam Mraiche | The Tyee The controversial Alberta businessman denies allegations he strong-armed a firm building publicly funded treatment centres.

A lot to digest in this story but yet more explosive allegations in the biggest ongoing scandal in recent Alberta history.
Accusations Fly in Newly Surfaced Legal Fight Involving Sam Mraiche via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

RCMP investigating at medical supplier named in AHS lawsuit The RCMP have confirmed they are investigating at MHCare Medical in northwest Edmonton.

The Globe broke this story. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Alberta to restrict MAID, including for patients with incurable conditions Province also proposes changes that wouldn’t allow for assisted death when mental illness is the sole underlying condition

Alberta introduced sweeping legislation Wednesday to drastically restrict medical assistance in dying, which includes barring cases where patients have incurable conditions but their deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. With pal @kkirkup.bsky.social #ableg

Beyond Local: Alberta spending $7.5 million to put involuntary treatment rooms in hospitals Plan could put strain on health care resources: critics

“The implementation of the Compassionate Intervention Act will place additional strain on health-care resources, not only by taking beds from the hospital system, but by potentially putting people into polysubstance withdrawal”

www.rmoutlook.com/beyond-local...

Heavenly Bodies Again #21
Gathie Falk
2016

Beyond Local: Alberta spending $7.5 million to put involuntary treatment rooms in hospitals Plan could put strain on health care resources: critics

“We regularly have people with significant mental health concerns spending extended periods of time in the emergency department, because these secure beds are so limited”

www.rmoutlook.com/beyond-local...

truly a must read.
glad (? lucky?) i've never fallen down the gambling hole

Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, seen on Sept. 8 last year, is one of many hospitals across Canada that's facing crowding issues as ER backlogs, a lack of beds and an aging population all affect patient flow.

Hospital ERs in Canada are at a breaking point and have been for some time. Is this the new normal? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-hospi...
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Centre of Recovery Excellence using health information of people who use drugs to undermine their safety The Alberta government's Crown corporation has published its first study using personal health numbers of people accessing supervised consumption sites. While its findings fail to hold up, it offers ...

So the Alberta government is playing its hand pretty hard on this supervised consumption site study they manufactured, huh.

Their research CEO was even sent as the provincial-territorial delegate to the ‘UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.’

Hope they don’t see this
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Centre of Recovery Excellence using health information of people who use drugs to undermine their safety The Alberta government's Crown corporation has published its first study using personal health numbers of people accessing supervised consumption sites. While its findings fail to hold up, it offers ...

This is a must read.

The study data is flawed, they appear to have deliberately overlooked established data and the people at the helm are UCP donors.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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My ‘difficult’ patient made my heart sink. But what happens when doctors are part of the problem? | Ranjana Srivastava One in six patients is deemed to be dissatisfied and demanding. But to prevent difficult medical problems from being redefined as difficult patients, doctors need help

My ‘difficult’ patient made my heart sink. But what happens when doctors are part of the problem? | Ranjana Srivastava

I, too, believe the numbers declined. But unsure if I believe they are as low as reported by provincial government.

Compare to similarly sized city of Nanaimo.

So difficult to believe this province. I read this article on Lethbridge a few days back and it struck me as odd.

lethbridgenewsnow.com/2026/03/03/z...

A male American Robin perches on a snow covered fence.

Two things showed up last night #YYC - American Robins + snow. The first few robins that arrive tend to be the bright chested, black-headed males. Despite the white stuff, dried berries and crabapples should provide food until the temps turn. #birds

By the book: Alberta schools pull at least 160 titles from shelves to meet provincial order | CBC News Alberta school divisions complying with a provincial order have removed dozens of graphic novels from their shelves, from illustrated versions of literary classics to coming-of-age memoirs and dramati...

What books did Alberta schools *actually* pull off the shelves in response to a provincial order? It took a lot of work to find out. We still don't have a complete picture. And some schools are still pulling material.

Free speech advocates say it's ban unmatched in Canadian history. #AbLeg By me.

It's up to Albertans to decide who they trust on our health care: this government, or the growing number of voices opposing the existential threat they're posing to our treasured single-payer public health care system.

Especially when weighted against a Premier & a provincial government that has: