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Health council finds ER problems, doctor intimidation

Health council finds ER problems, doctor intimidation

The Health Quality Council of Alberta has found widespread physician intimidation and an emergency room system under severe strain, but no suggestions that doctors were paid for their silence or that lung cancer patients died on a waiting list.
Environment File

Environment File

Alberta’s oilsands alone won’t doom the world to more than two degrees of warming, suggests a new study, but that doesn’t mean we should keep developing them.
Ooh la la

Ooh la la

You cannot help but exhale an ooh-la-la after a visit to not one, not two, not three, but four homes valued at more than a million bucks each. The occasion to visit so many prestigious homes was a result of a St.
Education bill seeks to switch roles of local boards

Education bill seeks to switch roles of local boards

All three St. Albert-area school boards will soon operate with new boundaries and new powers with a new piece of legislation designed to solve the long-running issue of secular education in Morinville. The St.
Seniors get armed with scam protection

Seniors get armed with scam protection

Seniors shouldn't be paranoid about potential fraudsters taking advantage of them, but they should certainly be wary. That was the message delivered by Const. Janice Schoepp of the St.
Three-year wait for new francophone school - minister

Three-year wait for new francophone school - minister

The province doesn't want kids to study in the basements of nursing homes, says Alberta's education minister, but it'll be at least three years before students at école Alexandre-Taché can get out of the one they're in now.
City eyes Grandin mall parkade as temporary fix for downtown parking woes

City eyes Grandin mall parkade as temporary fix for downtown parking woes

The city will negotiate with the company that owns Grandin Park Plaza for use of its 240-stall parkade to provide additional parking in the downtown.
AHS reveals ambulance response times

AHS reveals ambulance response times

New data on ambulance response times in Edmonton suggests that St. Albert’s emergency service has gone downhill since 2009, says the city’s fire chief.
St. Albert Protestant school board concerned about loss of rights

St. Albert Protestant school board concerned about loss of rights

The province's move this week to solve the Morinville secular school debate has left the St. Albert Protestant board members feeling they got the short end of the stick. The move announced Wednesday reverses the designation of both St.
Killer granted full parole

Killer granted full parole

Jesse Jacob Roshuk, who killed St. Albert man Ryan Bruce Dragich in 2007, was granted full parole earlier this month. Roshuk killed Dragich, who was originally from St. Albert, after a heated argument and a long evening of drinking in Peace River.
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