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CANADA | Mar 05, 2026

[Article] If you have Parkinson's disease, experts say you should be dancing

Though she's always danced, Barbara Salsberg Mathews found a more urgent reason to take classes a few years ago. "I just thought, 'I better break out and start dancing, because Parkinson's can't stop me from dancing,'" said Salsberg Mathews, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2020. Over

There could be over 3M more people living in Alberta by 2046. Here's what that looks like

1-in-5 Albertans are expected to be seniors in the next 25 years Alberta's population could grow by over three million people over the next 25 years, projections recently released by the provincial g

CanAge joins federal roundtable creating national definition of elder abuse

Following on the heels of our World Elder Abuse Awareness Day campaign, which engaged nearly 1000 people in the urgent challenge of protecting older Canadians from harm, we’ve been invited by the Fe

Cycling Without Age program hits the pavement

Age Friendly Cold Lake is rolling out a new pilot program that aims to get seniors and other locals with mobility issues out and about as passengers on a trishaw, a three-wheel bike. Sandi Evans, who

Utility Payment Deferral Program: Minister Nally

Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity Dale Nally issued the following statement about the Utility Payment Deferral Program and the associated upcoming rate rider: “The initial econom

Continuing to improve health-care delivery in Calgary

More than $4 million has been invested to expand hemodialysis services and upgrade air exchange systems at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary. Through Alberta’s Infrastructure Maintenance Program

Budget 2021: New cyclotron for southern Alberta

Calgary’s first cyclotron and a new radiopharmaceutical facility will improve access to diagnostic tests and treatment for cancer, cardiac and neurological conditions. The project, kick-started wit

More nurse practitioners a boost for primary care

Albertans will gain more access to primary care with the hiring of up to 25 more nurse practitioners (NPs). Alberta’s government is providing $3.1 million for Phase 2 of the Primary Care Network (P

Reducing wait-times for ophthalmology surgeries

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is entering into negotiations with the four CSFs following a public request for proposal (RFP) process launched in April 2021. AHS expects these CSFs to be providing addi

Alberta to start lifting remaining continuing care restrictions

Thanks to vaccines, Alberta can take the next step in safely lifting restrictions in continuing care while keeping some rules in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. To support the health and saf