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Alberta Health Services

What Went Wrong At The Calgary Cancer Clinic?

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services says it will review the practices of a Calgary cancer clinic accused of allowing patients to jump the queue for tes...

Enough With The Poor Investigations, AHS

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.03.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services needs to shape up on its in-house investigations given evidence that supervisors brushed off warnings of queue-jump...

Despite Budget, This Group Will Still Get Their Bonus

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.27.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services says it will pay its executives bonuses this year because they've already done the work.The day-to-day health provi...

AHS Goes On Slashing Spree

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Alberta's health leaders say they will slash budgets, freeze salaries, and reduce hiring in the wake of last week's provincial budget.Alber...

Sneaky, Sneaky: Health Cuts Disguised As Funding

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 03.08.2013 | Canada Alberta

The amount the province dishes out for health care is going up, and it plans to borrow money for health infrastructure, but doctors and nurses shouldn...

LOOK: Why Tanning Is Really Bad For You

CP | John Cotter, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.05.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Alberta is rolling out an information campaign to warn young adults about the health dangers of indoor tanning beds and is considering bann...

Can AHS Win Back The Public's Trust?

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 04.03.2013 | Canada Alberta

Alberta Health Services knows that to regain the public's trust after last month's queue-jumping inquiry, there will have to be some work done, AHS pr...

Release Delayed Health Report Right Now: Union

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.02.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - The union representing Alberta paramedics wants Health Minister Fred Horne to release an already-delayed report on ground ambulance service...

How Satisfied Are Albertans With Their Health Care?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - A survey suggests that two out of every three Albertans are happy with their health care, but they aren't getting bang for their buck.The H...

VIPs Jumped The Queue For Colon Tests, Says Clerk

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.17.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - While ordinary Albertans waited three years for a colon cancer test, patients at a private clinic were treated in just weeks under an inform...

Told To Lie About Flu Shots

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.17.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY -- Alberta's health-care inquiry heard testimony Monday that paperwork was fudged and that Calgary Flames players and their families were dire...

\Ex-Health Boss Denies Knowledge Of Queue-Jumping

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.16.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY -- The former head of Calgary's health region says he's puzzled why one of his vice-presidents was directing unit supervisors to check on VIP ...

Hospitals Still Won't See Most Emergency Patients In Under 8 Hours

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.12.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Alberta's health agency says wait times have improved for hip, knee and cataract surgeries this fiscal year compared to the last.However, A...

Queue Jumping Inquiry Points Finger At Accuser

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.12.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - In a day of emotional testimony at an inquiry into health-care queue-jumping, Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman said he has written prescr...

Sister Denies Pulling Strings

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.10.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - The sister of Alberta Premier Alison Redford says she has never pulled strings to help someone get faster or better health-care treatment."...

Alberta Doctor Says ER Staff Told To Treat VIPs Faster

CP | Tim Cook, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.04.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - An Alberta emergency room doctor says medical staff in a busy ER were once pressured to provide care for a "VIP" ahead of a waiting room fu...

Did He Seek Access To Preferential Health Care?

CP | Tim Cook, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.03.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - The former chief executive of Alberta's health superboard says he took flak from provincial politicians for not having "fix-it" people in p...

Did Alberta Health Let Cronies Jump The Queue? We'll Soon Know..

CP | Chris Purdy, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.02.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - A health law expert has told an Alberta inquiry that federal and provincial health-care legislation contains gaps that can allow people to ...

Glass House of the Wildrose Party: Soliciting Funds From Olds College

Kathleen Smith | Posted 01.22.2013 | Canada Alberta
Kathleen Smith

Following days of accusations that Lynn Redford, sister of Alberta Premier Alison Redford, had been involved in illegal donations during her tenure as the Government Relations officer at Calgary Health Region, and subsequent accusations on the part of the CBC that Alberta Health Services has been "wining and dining" on the taxpayer's dime for quite sometime, the Deputy Premier struck back Thursday during Question Period.

Alberta Hearing Into Health Queue Jumping Won't Be Witch Hunt Says Inquiry Head

CP | Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.15.2012 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - A retired judge promised Monday that his inquiry into health-care queue jumping in Alberta will be wide-ranging, but it won't be a witch hu...

Eight E. Coli Cases Being Investigated In Alberta

The Huffington Post Canada | Seema Dhawan | Posted 09.26.2012 | Canada Alberta

Alberta Health Services is looking into eight cases of E. coli in the province, none of which have been directly linked to the recent Alberta beef rec...

Massive Severance For Alberta Health Official, Critics Call For Audit

The Huffington Post Canada | Pablo Fernandez | Posted 09.13.2012 | Canada Alberta

Critics are fuming and calling for an Auditor General review after an Alberta Health Services offical received a $738,000, 18-month severance package....

GALLERY: Alberta Health Services Spending Scandals

Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 09.12.2012 | Canada Alberta

Take a look at some of the spending scandals - severance and personal - to plague Alberta Health Services. ...

South Calgary Health Campus Partially Opened

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.06.2012 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - Five years after its groundbreaking, Alberta's largest hospital is officially open — sort of.Premier Alison Redford was on hand Thursday f...

Three New Human Cases Of West Nile Virus Confirmed In Alberta

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.28.2012 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - There are three new confirmed cases of West Nile virus in Alberta.These new cases are all women and include one person in Calgary, one in ce...