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CANADA | Sep 17, 2026

[Article] How age-friendly public spaces support independence and connection

Public spaces greatly affect our everyday lives. Sidewalks, parks, green spaces, and other shared areas allow us to exercise, meet others, participate in communities, and complete errands that sustain our everyday needs. However, public spaces are not always designed with older adults in mind.High c

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Three million COVID-19 vaccine doses now working to protect Albertans

As of June 4, Alberta Health Services, community pharmacies and physician clinics have delivered more than three million doses into the arms of Albertans. More than 66 per cent of eligible Albertans h
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Brain Injury Awareness: Ministers Shandro, Sawhney

Minister of Health Tyler Shandro and Minister of Community and Social Services Rajan Sawhney issued the following joint statement to mark Brain Injury Awareness Month: “June is Brain Injury Awaren
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Virtual event click-starts Seniors’ Week fun

After last year’s planned kickoff event at the Seniors Outreach Program Society in Three Hills was cancelled due to the pandemic, Minister Pon said she hoped to be back in the town for the 35th edit
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Medicine Hat ends chronic homelessness: Minister Sawhney

Minister of Community and Social Services Rajan Sawhney issued the following statement on Medicine Hat’s achievement to end chronic homelessness: “Medicine Hat is the first city in Canada to end
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Protection for Indigenous women: Minister Wilson

Minister of Indigenous Relations Rick Wilson issued the following statement on recent work with provincial, territorial and federal governments on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls: "A
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Government of Canada Announces Details of the New Canada Recovery Hiring Program and Extension of Business Support Programs

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, and the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, the Honourable Mary Ng, announced that th
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Alberta partnership aims to help unpaid caregivers find flexible jobs

A new project is launching that taps into University of Alberta research to help unpaid caregivers find jobs that fit their challenging schedules and responsibilities. U of A researcher Janet Fast is
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Improving community safety, quality standards for SCS

Alberta is the first province in Canada to require quality standards for supervised consumption services, which will improve community safety, provide higher quality services and increase integration
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Non-Indigenous people — here’s what you can do, right now

Communities across so-called Canada are grieving after the discovery of the unmarked graves of 215 children at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Many Indigenous people are ov
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