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Alberta health experts aim to close gaps in women's health research
With health outcomes significantly worse in women, Alberta researchers are pleased to see the province declare March Women's Health Research Month.
U of A students propose specialized ICU for homeless Edmontonians
Student Advocates for Public Health are pitching a specialized intensive care unit to treat unhoused patients. Their proposal builds on a 2017 project that has gone on to house more than 300 Edmonton ER patients.
City, universities tackle Edmonton's student housing crunch
The City of Edmonton is building a strategy to tackle the housing crunch for renters attending university and college as the schools themselves press forward with their own plans. Post-secondary students will be surveyed this fall as part of the city's work in partnership with the Edmonton Students' Association (ESA) to improve housing supply and affordability.
Stamp featuring Edmonton-designed Canadian prayer rug coming to a mailbox near you
Edmonton Muslim youth set out to create a Canadian prayer rug. Now the image is set to travel the globe one envelope at a time.
Apartment building where Edmonton security guard was killed could reopen
An apartment building in central Edmonton that shut down late last year after a security guard was killed on-site may be allowed to reopen to tenants.
Red Earth Creek, Alta., family mourns mother, daughter killed in head-on collision
A grieving family in northwestern Alberta is asking witnesses to contact RCMP to help in the investigation of a head-on highway collision that killed a mother and daughter.
Camaraderie, safety and healing: Sisters Dialogue opens centre for Muslim women in Edmonton
Sisters Dialogue is celebrating the grand opening of its first brick-and-mortar location for the hundreds who have found safety and solidarity within their collective these past four years.
Edmonton entrepreneur joins effort to ramp up anti-fraud protections for immigrants
According to a new survey commissioned by CBC News, there is a strong appetite for more regulation among the people who have lived it first-hand.
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Majority of immigrants have trouble finding employment matching their expertise: survey
In a new CBC/Pollara survey, 54 per cent of surveyed immigrants living in Canada said it was difficult to find a job in their field.
Alberta agencies hope proposed charitable donation extension could boost lagging donations
Plans to extend the charitable donation deadline has some Alberta agencies feeling more optimistic after a challenging fundraising season.