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CANADA | May 05, 2026

[News] Seniors-serving groups discuss solutions at Lac La Biche meeting

Community-based seniors-serving organizations from northern Alberta came together in Lac La Biche April 17 for an annual regional gathering, hosted by Healthy Aging Alberta (HAA).

Screaming into Silence

Cindy Blackstock, a member of the Gitxsan First Nation, is the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and a professor at McGill University. Residential scho

Age UK Bradford District launches new campaign to help create age-friendly communities

AGE UK Bradford District is launching a new campaign to raise both money and awareness for the charity, so that it can continue to connect older people to the information, support and activities that

Canada’s COVID-19 death toll could be thousands higher than official count: report

More than 26,000 Canadians have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to government statistics. This is a huge number, but researchers say it might not be telling the whol

New report gives immigrant health-care aides platform to speak out on COVID working conditions

A new report is using the stories of immigrant women working as health-care aides in Calgary's long-term care homes to shed light on the extreme pressures of the job and areas that could be improved i

More online registry services now available

Alberta’s government brought four registry services online on June 27. In addition to specialty plates and commercial and farm vehicle renewals, Albertans can now conveniently order in-transit permi

PTSD Awareness Day: Associate Minister Luan

Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jason Luan issued the following statement on PTSD Awareness Day: “June 27 is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day. “PTSD is a m

Over 4 million vaccine doses administered in Alberta

As of June 24, 4,022,084 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered through Alberta Health Services, community pharmacies and physician clinics across the province. Now, 71.3 per cent of Albertans

Rewarding investment and driving recovery

Eligible incorporated Alberta businesses are now able to fully write off the cost of qualifying capital assets in the year of acquisition, which will help encourage investment. Adopting the temporary

More Albertans to receive $1,200 Critical Worker Benefit

The Critical Worker Benefit is a joint federal-provincial program with $465 million available to recognize the hard work of critical workers during the pandemic. During the first round of the Critica