HSAA in the News

• August 3: Medical staff concerned Alberta's new testing regime may leave them overwhelmed (Edmonton Journal)
• August 10: Cancer-diagnosed Albertans may have to partly pay for diagnostic scans, even after government compensation (Edmonton Sun)
• August 27: Future of province-run addictions centre in Edmonton uncertain as treatment program remains closed (CBC News)
• August 28: Recovery Alberta says Edmonton’s Henwood Treatment Centre to reopen once flood damage is repaired (CBC News)

• July 10: Edmonton overdose calls at transit stations more than doubled in 2025 (Edmonton Journal)
• July 31: Opinion: Expanding access to diagnostic testing means expanding the workforce (Edmonton Journal)

• June 8: First-responder association questions cost of ALTA Paramedic Health rebrand (Discover Airdrie)
• June 10: LaGrange orders stop to Alberta paramedic service provider rebrand (CBC News)
• June 15: New framework for Alberta’s public health inspectors creates risk, opponents say (CTV News Calgary)
• June 28: Public health inspectors no longer transferring to government ministry in Alta. health restructure: premier (CBC News Edmonton)

• May 15: Self-referred testing has Alberta medical technicians worried (Red Deer Advocate)
• May 20: 'No patient needed this': Paramedic groups slam EMS rebranding (Calgary Herald)

• April 16: Health unions criticize, question privatized screening plans (Medicine Hat News)
• April 28: Alberta marks National Day of Mourning after 144 work-related deaths in 2025 (Calgary Sun)

There were no feature stories on HSAA in March 2026.

• February 6: APL workers get 12% raise in new contract (The Alberta Worker)
• February 19: Lab Services moving from AHS to Primary Care Alberta (CBC News Calgary)

• January 9: ‘It was upsetting’: 84-year-old woman with broken hip waited for ambulance outside for 1 hour (CTV News Edmonton)
• January 10: Alberta doctors say leadership lacking amid crisis of overcrowding in hospitals (The Canadian Press)