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CANADA | Jun 30, 2025
[Recording] Pan-Canadian CBSS Sector Virtual Check-In: Shared Purpose & Progress
Community-Based Seniors’ Services (CBSS) partners from across the country to reconnect, reflect on recent progress, and explore what’s ahead.
READ MORERenewed MOU on health services in Lloydminster
Alberta and Saskatchewan pledge to provide a seamless, coordinated approach to health care for the residents of Lloydminster and the surrounding area.
Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Saskat
Made in Alberta, by Albertans
Agriculture and Forestry has developed a new Made in Alberta, by Albertans label that farmers and processors can use on their products. The label will help shoppers quickly identify food made in our p
6,000 new beds for Alberta’s seniors
Alberta’s government is honouring its 2019 platform commitment to bring back a new and improved Affordable Supportive Living Initiative (ASLI) program.
Over the next four years, $400 million in ope
What is the evidence on how to improve older adults' functional abilities at home?
A new analysis called an evidence and gap map has mapped what we know about improving the functional ability of older adults living at home or in nursing homes, retirement homes, or other long-term ca
COVID-19: Giving Gardens provide ‘amazing support’ for vulnerable Calgarians
COVID-19 has been especially tough on Calgarians who were in vulnerable positions before the pandemic.
Now, many of them are getting a nice boost from some new Giving Gardens.
The gardens are situat
Media Release: Statement on Rent Support through the Canada-Alberta Housing Benefit program
The Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC) is encouraged to hear about the announcement of $444 million investment in rent support through a joint federal and provincial Canada-Alberta Housing Benefi
More than half of eligible Albertans now fully vaccinated
Alberta continues to be a leader in Canada in administering second doses, with 50.7 per cent of eligible Albertans having received both doses. Second doses offer a high level of protection against COV
Surgery volumes exceed pre-pandemic levels
Alberta is now exceeding 100 per cent capacity for surgical volumes and is leading the country in eliminating the COVID-19 surgical backlog.
Through its surgical recovery plan, Alberta expects to rec
A little help makes a big difference
There's no place like home. And despite the issues that come with age, a little bit of support is often all it takes to keep many seniors there.
"We have an aging population. If everybody needed to
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