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15 Alberta hospitals lost their ER in June 2025

One community lost its ER for nearly 400 hours last month.

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AB saw 208 more doctor registrations last quarter

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.

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12 Alberta hospitals lost their ER in May 2025

Several of the closures were because of wildfires. The rest were because AHS doesn’t have enough nurses and doctors.

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Alberta lost 1,800 full-time jobs last month

We’ve seen a net loss of 23,500 full-time jobs to date in 2025.

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UCP govt took out $8.4 billion in term debt in 2024

Since Danielle Smith became premier, the number and value of the term debts has increased every year, when compared to Jason Kenney’s final year.

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17 Alberta hospitals lost their ER in Apr 2025

One community lost their ER for over 300 hours. As well, 2 communities lost theirs for over 200 hours and 1 was closed for over 100 hours.

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Alberta gained 15,000 jobs last month

But they lost 15,400 the month before, so this is pretty much a wash.

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Lethbridge drug deaths down, SCS usage up

During the fourth quarter of 2024, drug-related deaths dropped to their lowest levels in years. But SCS usage increased. Is there a connection?

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AB min. wage workers in 2023 weren’t mostly teens

There’s a persistent myth in Alberta that minimum wage workers are mostly teenagers. Except, this just isn’t true.

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