Skip to content
×
2024 Readers' Choice Awards
Join Our Newsletters
Sign in or register for your free account
Messages
Post a Listing
Your Listings
Your Profile
Your Subscriptions
Your Likes
Your Business
Payment History
Sign Out
Registered Users
Already have an account?
Sign In
New Users
Create a free account.
Register
Sign up for Daily Headlines
Sign up for Notifications
Contact Us
Home
News
Local News
Bowden News
Carstairs News
Cremona News
Didsbury News
Innisfail News
Mountain View County News
Olds News
Penhold News
Sundre News
Local Sports
Local Business
Local Entertainment News
Opinion
#JasperStrong
Beyond Local
Alberta News
Alberta Sports
Indigenous Alberta
National News
National Sports
National Business
Features
Spotlight
Contests
Lowest Gas Prices
The Albertan Digital Editions
Dear Abby
Horoscopes
Hot Summer Guide
2024 Readers' Choice Awards
Home Sweet Home
JOIN: The Great Alberta Hockey Pool
Obits
Obituaries
In Memoriam
Events
View Events
Submit an Event
Advertise in Calendar
Discover Local
Discover Local
Restaurants
Job Listings
Classifieds
Post an Ad
My Ads
My Account
Today's Ads
Event Calendar
Garage Sales
Jobs
Eats
Breakfast
Lunch
Delivery
Barbecue
Diner
Greek
Italian
Middle Eastern
Sushi
All Restaurants
Public Notices
General Notices
Legal Notices
Municipal Notices
Provincial Notices
Connect
About Us
Contact Us
Sign up for FREE daily headlines
Sign up for notifications
Advertising & Marketing
Make Us Your Home Page
Great West Digital Agency
Follow Us on Facebook
Follow Us on X
Follow Us on Threads
Follow Us on Instagram
Search Type
Site
Listings
Directory
Search
Home
Health
Health
Saskatchewan to send patients to Alberta for privatized surgery; won't pay for travel
REGINA — Saskatchewan plans to send people to Alberta to get privatized surgeries, but the cost of travel won't be covered by the government.
Aug 17, 2022 3:44 PM
Read more >
Youth mental health is in crisis. Are schools doing enough?
CECILIA, Ky. (AP) — For fourth-grader Leah Rainey, the school day now begins with what her teacher calls an “emotional check-in.” “It’s great to see you. How are you feeling?” chirps a cheery voice on her laptop screen.
Aug 17, 2022 3:06 PM
Read more >
Ontario doctors advise vaccine catch-up ahead of fall flu, COVID-19 season
TORONTO — Ontario doctors are advising people to keep up with vaccinations ahead of the fall, when illnesses including COVID-19 and influenza are expected to spread amid health system challenges one physician said he expects will likely worsen.
Aug 17, 2022 2:40 PM
Read more >
Medical groups, 20 states weigh in on Idaho abortion lawsuit
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A legal battle over abortion rights pitting one of the reddest states in the nation against the U.S. government has dozens of states and major medical associations seeking to weigh in. Twenty states, Washington, D.C.
Aug 17, 2022 1:59 PM
Read more >
Children's hospitals harassed over transgender care programs
BOSTON (AP) — Doctors and other staffers at Boston Children’s Hospital are being threatened with violence over its surgical program for transgender youths, administrators said, and other U.S. children’s hospitals are also being harassed online.
Aug 17, 2022 1:57 PM
Read more >
Ontario to expand program allowing paramedics to avoid ERs in patient care
Ontario will announce a plan for "health system stability and recovery" this week, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Wednesday, revealing that one part will be to expand a program that allows paramedics to avoid taking patients to the ER on every cal
Aug 17, 2022 1:50 PM
Read more >
WHO chief: Lack of help for Tigray crisis due to skin color
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization described the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as “the worst disaster on Earth” and wondered aloud Wednesday if the reason global leaders have not responded was due to “the col
Aug 17, 2022 1:43 PM
Read more >
CDC director announces shake-up, citing COVID mistakes
NEW YORK (AP) — The head of the nation's top public health agency on Wednesday announced a shake-up of the organization, saying it fell short responding to COVID-19 and needs to become more nimble.
Aug 17, 2022 11:52 AM
Read more >
Opposition parties take aim at Nova Scotia premier over health-care 'crisis'
HALIFAX — One year after making Nova Scotia's struggling health-care system the centre of his election campaign, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is being slammed by the two main opposition parties for what they say is his failure to deliver.
Aug 17, 2022 11:07 AM
Read more >
Mayors, police and businesses push Ontario for help on homelessness and opioid crises
Mayors, police leaders and businesses in Ontario are calling on the province to provide more help in dealing with the growing homelessness and opioid crises gripping both big cities and small towns.
Aug 17, 2022 10:38 AM
Read more >
<<
<
801
802
803
804
805
806
>
>>
×
Be the first to read breaking stories.
Enable push notifications on your device. Disable anytime.
No thanks
Subscribe
No thanks
Subscribe