EDMONTON — Last week, MLA for St. Albert, Marie Renaud tabled Bill 206: Accessible Alberta Act which will be back before the Legislature today. As it stands, Alberta remains one of only two provinces in Canada without accessibility legislation, something disability organizations and advocates have been urging the provincial government to address for years.

EDMONTON — Health Canada has confirmed to CBC News that two people died after giving blood plasma at pay-for-plasma collection centres run by Grifols in Winnipeg — one in October of 2025, and another in January of this year. This follows news that another Winnipeg man is suing over mechanical equipment failure that caused serious kidney injury after his plasma was withdrawn at a Grifols-owned Canadian Plasma Resources location.

EDMONTON — CBC news reported this morning that they have obtained a letter sent by surgical hospitalists in Edmonton to Primary and Preventative Health Services Minister, Adriana LaGrange, and Hospital and Surgical Health Services Minister, Matt Jones, warning that Albertans could begin seeing surgical cancellations and other impacts to patient care as a result of the Alberta government’s decision to terminate the hospitalists’ contract at the end of this month.

Below is a statement from Friends of Medicare's executive director Chris Gallaway:

EDMONTON — On Friday, in response to our ongoing advocacy to protect public health care, the provincial government sent a statement to the media that attacked the credibility of Friends of Medicare, including stating that: “They [Friends of Medicare] routinely spread misinformation and hyperbolic predictions; it’s misleading to cite them as if they were impartial or expert.”

Initial Budget Response from Chris Gallaway, Executive Director of Friends of Medicare:

EDMONTON — Residents from the St. Albert and Sturgeon County region have come together to launch a new Friends of Medicare local chapter, to advocate for the protection and expansion of public health care in their community and beyond.

EDMONTON — Yesterday afternoon, the Premier and her Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services held a large news conference simply to announce that they are launching a navigation portal for those seeking to access continuing care and assisted living options in Alberta.

EDMONTON — Last week, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released a new report in which Andrew Longhurst looks into the Alberta government’s attempts to defend Bill 11: the Health Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (no. 2) by pointing at other jurisdictions.

EDMONTON — More than 30 Albertans are heading to Ottawa this week to participate in the Canadian Health Coalition’s annual Parliament Hill lobby for public health care, including Friends of Medicare staff, board members and over two dozen front-line health care workers from all across Alberta.

EDMONTON — The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Parkland Institute jointly released a new report this morning which analyses Bill 11: the Health Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (no.2). The report titled The End of Canadian Medicare? Alberta Legislation Opens the Door to U.S. Health Care shows clearly that legislation passed by the provincial government in December is an existential threat to our treasured public health care system.