Alberta Health Services

Will the heads of Alberta's ultra-conservatives explode now that Brad Wall has done what they've been complaining about for nearly a decade? Or will they just pretend it didn't happen?

A letter from the Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta asks why the NDP government continues to put off full implementation of the Tobacco and Smoking Reduction Act.

A year ago, Alberta's health minister told media she had seen no evidence the previous government's plan to further privatize medical lab services was in the interests of Albertans.

Will the Wildrose labour critic apologize to Alberta's NDP for his intemperate attack on the Notley government for a sensible practice of the former Tory government? Don't hold your breath.

The examination of Alberta's Agriculture Financial Services Corporation was spurred by an anonymous tip, the government says.

Has it occurred to anyone that the real fluke on May 5, 2015, was the election of the Wildrose Party, instead of the PCs, as the Opposition?

The eighth Alberta Health Services CEO in eight years has been appointed -- and there's a glimmer of hope Dr. Verna Yiu may succeed where seven others haven't.

Media and employers cannot be depended on to make Alberta workplaces safer. Only government can do this job. A new report by the Parkland Institute shows the way.

Alberta's new "TAP-ulance" smartphone app will provide "new market-based emergency care solutions focused on patient choice."

The official departure of Vickie Kaminski in January will mean the start of the search for the eighth Alberta Health Services CEO in as many years!

Alberta Opposition Leader Brian Jean offers a dark vision for public services -- for Albertans who need them and people who provide them. This is worth keeping in mind.

Albertans have made their wishes for the health-care system clear and they want stability, says Health Minister Sarah Hoffman.

The faith exhibited by the government, the health minister and AHS in privatization was charming -- or insane. Thank goodness -- as well as the NDP -- we're now on a more sensible path!

The real advantage of the NDP decision is it will save money that would have been hosed away on meaningless and cynical cosmetics by the Tories to steal rural votes.

The budget chickens will eventually come home to roost, but if Alberta voters are inattentive, the clucking won't be audible until after the election.

To most Albertans, Jim Prentice’s record is more important than his rhetoric! And that, of course, is precisely why they’re not likely to get the chance to judge the premier on his record.

Alberta's new health-care districts, just like the old zones, are divisions of AHS. There is still direct management control from AHS in Edmonton. AHS is not going away.

Under "Alberta's New Management," Calgary will continue to get the gold mine while Edmonton still gets the shaft. But Edmonton's strident voice in cabinet has fallen silent.

While so much was going on in Alberta today, Premier Jim Prentice made himself prudently scarce, visiting his new American BFF, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.

Former health minister Fred Horne's signal accomplishment was the complete destruction of the fairy tale Alberta Health Services operated at arm's length from the government.

Little of the saga of how Alberta Health Services chose an Australian company to build and run a privatized super-lab in Edmonton, including the latest development, makes much sense.

Given the circumstances, it's clearly going to be easier for the Prentice PCs to clear up their latest problem than it will be for the Smith Wildrose Party to deal with its.