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David J. Climenhaga
| The only way the UCP's stubborn persistence with this policy really makes sense is if it sets the stage for something else, to wit, privatization of the provincial ambulance service. |
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| There are circumstances when acts of defiance are absolutely necessary, said Wood Buffalo Mayor Don Scott in Fort McMurray. "I challenge the provincial government to remove me." |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Alberta Health Services is rationing the use of medical oxygen supplies in three major Calgary hospitals -- Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre and Rockyview General Hospital. |
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David Climenhaga
| Only three categories of close contacts will now be notified by provincial health officials: health-care workers, children (whose parents will be informed) and people in communal facilities. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The cuts will hit political staff working for the government of Alberta, including press secretaries, chiefs of staff, junior policy advisors and other staffers in the premier's office. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The fiscal benefit of the cuts will be negligible, if not negative. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The UCP's promise to not layoff health-care professionals until after the pandemic is probably not going to keep those workers from thinking about moving to other jurisdictions. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Harsh words about Alberta's UCP by local elected officials in the party's rural heartland are extremely unusual. A fight over how to keep local doctors has sparked some in Pincher Creek. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Alberta Health Services revealed yesterday it will soon pull the plug on contracts with three of the province's largest diagnostic image providers. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| It is all but certain the UCP will close some or all of Alberta's safe drug consumption clinics. Meanwhile, officials say chances are still low of contracting COVID-19. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The consultant's report released yesterday by the Alberta government could be a harbinger of a privatization binge, or it could just turn out to be an expensive press release. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| The respected Canadian Institute of Health Information says Alberta Health Services has the lowest administrative costs in health care in Canada. |
