Alberta has become the latest province to sign an agreement in principle with Ottawa on health-care funding. The federal government says in a news release that more than $24 billion is to be invested in Alberta’s health-care system over the next 10 years. That includes $2.9 billion for a new bilateral agreement focused on shared […]
The provincial government will be sending people to Alberta to get private surgeries, but they won’t be paying for the travel. Health minister Paul Merriman said they will be paying a clinic in Calgary to perform 20 knee and hip surgeries per month for those on the province’s surgical wait list. Merriman says sending patients […]
The provincial government’s plan to reduce the surgical backlogs in Saskatchewan is facing opposition from NDP leader Carla Beck. Beck said the province has a surgical backlog that is greater now than at any time during the pandemic. The government announced a private surgery plan as part of an effort to reduce the backlog. Opposition leader Beck […]
