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AB gained nearly 29,000 jobs in Nov 2025

Most of them were full-time jobs; although full-time jobs, as a percentage of total jobs, are still lower than they were in June 2019.

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16 AB hospitals lost their ER in October 2025

One of these emergency departments had no in-person physicians for over 600 hours.

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Nearly 12K AB men lost their full-time jobs in Oct 2025

Also, Alberta dropped to third place for median full-time wages.

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AB saw 1,400 more family doctor registrations last quarter

They received only 80 more in the previous quarter.

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14 AB hospitals lost their ER in September 2025

Two of these emergency departments were closed for over 400 hours.

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Lethbridge drug deaths drop in first half of 2025

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.

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Teens a minority of AB min. wage workers in 2024

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.

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