During the first two quarters of 2025, drug-related deaths dropped to their lowest levels in years. But there is a recent change in data that might be a concern.
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Alberta gained 42,500 jobs in Sep 2025
But they lost nearly 31,000 jobs in July and August, so this is not as large of an increase as it first appears. And most of them were part-time.
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19 AB hospitals lost their ER in August 2025
5 of those hospitals have ongoing closures. Plus, two other communities lost ambulatory care.
There’s a persistent myth in Alberta that minimum wage workers are mostly teenagers. Except, this just isn’t true.
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Alberta lost over 30,000 jobs this summer
They were all men, and all in the private sector.
5 of those hospitals have ongoing closures.
And our unemployment rate is the highest it has been since October 2021.
One community lost its ER for nearly 400 hours last month.
They received only 124 more in the previous second quarter.
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Alberta gains FT jobs & FT wages last month
This is the largest increase in full-time jobs since May 2020.