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CANADA | Dec 11, 2024
[News] Ipsos Poll: Majority of Canadians with Household Income Below $60K May Soon Turn to Charities to Meet Daily Essential Needs
Charities facing sustained, high demand for essential services
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Most Canadians are considering growing old in their own homes, in particular after watching the disproportionately negative impact the pandemic had on seniors in long-term care residences. A survey fr
Protecting access to hospitals
Alberta’s government is making sure patients, their families and health-care workers are able to safely access hospitals and other health facilities during protests.
Hospitals and other facilities
Plants donated to Calgary seniors isolated during the pandemic
A Calgary plant company, along with the United Way, are doing their part to help seniors feel a bit less isolated during the pandemic. Plantsie, located in southeast Calgary, handed out more than 100
Alberta to fund new cystic fibrosis drug
Alberta is among the first provinces and territories in Canada to provide access to the new cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta.
Trikafta is used to treat the most common form of cystic fibrosis, which aff
Trainee developing app to detect depression—using speech
Mashrura Tasnim, PhD student in Computing Science at the University of Alberta and AGE-WELL trainee, is currently working on a research project that uses artificial intelligence to detect depression.
The National Institute on Ageing Announces New Collaboration with TELUS Health to Support Independent Living for Older Adults
Today, the National Institute on Ageing (NIA) announced a collaboration with TELUS Health to help raise public awareness about assistive technologies that can support older adults maintain active and
More Albertans eligible for third dose
More immunocompromised Albertans are now eligible for a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The province has expanded eligibility for an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine to more immunocompromised Albe
COVID-19 vaccination records available at registries
Albertans will soon be able to have their COVID-19 vaccination records printed at local registry offices anywhere across the province.
Alberta’s government launched a convenient card-sized proof of
Restrictions Exemption Program underway
Fully vaccinated individuals or those with a recent negative privately paid COVID-19 test are now able to safely access participating businesses and events across the province.
The Restrictions Exemp
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