This column is an opinion from Juliet Guichon and Ian Mitchell, faculty members in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. A recently filed statement of claim by the Alberta Medical Association argues that the Alberta government did not negotiate meaningfully and in good faith about the terms and conditions under which Alberta physicians…

Alberta Health Services (AHS) began collecting used N95 masks from intensive care units in Edmonton and Calgary Tuesday. AHS says the collection is part of a contingency plan in the “unlikely event” the province runs out of the respirators.  While many regions are facing shortages of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers, including masks and respirators,…

Three of the 11 RCMP officers in the Mayerthorpe detachment are now in self-quarantine after two people they arrested deliberately coughed on them.  RCMP said a  20-year-old man was exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 when he “purposely coughed into an officer’s face.” When a 35-year-old woman visited the suspect in hospital, a police news release said,…

This column is an opinion by Marcus Sixta, a family lawyer, mediator, and founder of Crossroads Law, a family law firm operating in British Columbia and Alberta. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. With courts closed across the country, separated and divorced couples are facing the prospect of not having access to a judge…

Staff at Edmonton Public Schools are likely to hear this week whether they are out of a job as the province asks school divisions to cut $14 million for May and June as students learn from home.  Board Chair Trisha Estabrooks said administration is figuring out where to find budgets savings, demanded by the province two weeks…

For decades, the Pro Coro Canada professional choir has performed at Edmonton’s Winspear Centre on Good Friday. Like scores of other events, that concert was cancelled this year. With public health restrictions preventing group gatherings, choral concerts and rehearsals are all but impossible during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re suspended for the foreseeable future,” Pro Coro’s…