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Province allows Alberta nurses to get faster benefit coverage for on-the-job PTSD
The Alberta government has changed the rules to make it easier for registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses to get benefits when they experience job-related stress disorder
Alberta's Heritage Fund hits $30B after $2.8B injection from surplus
Alberta's rainy-day Heritage Fund is getting an extra $2.8 billion, hitting a record high of $30 billion, which is almost double what it was five years ago.
Premier's panel makes changes to 3 Alberta surveys following criticism
Alberta is making changes to its online citizen survey following criticism that the original version was a slanted push poll designed to stir up discontent with the federal government.
Alberta Next panel set to begin hearings on public concerns with federal government
Premier Danielle Smith's handpicked panel hearing how to fix relations with the federal government will begin work this week with back-to-back town halls in Red Deer and Edmonton.
Alberta's transgender ban in women's sports won't apply to out-of-province athletes
Alberta is rolling out new regulations this fall banning transgender athletes from playing women's sports, but the province will still welcome out-of-province transgender competitors.
Alberta bans school library books it deems sexually explicit
Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.
ER doctor challenges Alberta premier to come on shift, see patients wait in hallways
The head of emergency medicine for Alberta's doctors association is challenging Premier Danielle Smith to join him on shift to see the frustration of patients jammed for hours in hallways and the moral injury of doctors looking into the eyes of the those who wait.
Alberta judge grants temporary injunction blocking a transgender health-care bill
Judgement puts on hold a provincial law that bans doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth.
Health-care unions call for Alberta to reverse plan to limit free COVID-19 vaccines
Premier Danielle Smith announced that Albertans would need to start paying for COVID-19 vaccines — and this includes frontline medical staff. Two health-care workers' unions are calling for the premier to put a pause on the new plan.
Prime minister, Alberta premier opt to skip Stanley Cup final Game 5
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office says she and Prime Minister Mark Carney won't be watching the Edmonton Oilers battle the Florida Panthers on home ice Saturday.