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Jul 06, 2010
By Don Braid, Calgary Herald Stephen Duckett, president and CEO of Alberta Health Services, sits alongside AHS vice chair Catherine Roozen during the AHS public board meeting June 29 at Rockyview Hospital. Alberta Health Services' budget released last...
Jun 23, 2010
Closed-door meetings criticized for 'vague, nice principles' with few details By Sheila Pratt, Edmonton Journal Senior citizen Wilma Morin said she hopes the government got the message on health reform. She was one of 50 Edmontonians at a closed-door...
Jun 11, 2010
By Mimi Williams mimi@vueweekly.com In January, when the Advisory Committee on Health recommended the introduction of a new Alberta Health Act, Health and Wellness Minister Gene Zwozdesky appointed Edmonton Rutherford MLA Fred Horne to lead a public...
Jun 03, 2010
$5M deficit expected despite job cuts and tapping reserves By Sarah McGinnis, Calgary Herald
Jun 03, 2010
Larger class sizes expected By Elise Stolte, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON — At least 400 staff and faculty will be leaving the University of Alberta this year through retirement programs and layoffs, say officials, while the number of incoming students is...
Jun 02, 2010
The University of Alberta's own Express News reports that the U of A is being forced to lay off many employees because of budget cuts. This will have a serious impact on the number and quality of programs at the university. Their report includes Provost...
May 31, 2010
By Don Braid, Calgary Herald The government is giving Alberta's education system a dose of health-care medicine; fiscal starvation now, to be followed at some distant point by a gush of relief funding. This destructive pattern laid waste to health care...
May 27, 2010
Calgary Catholic school class sizes to grow this fall By Sarah McGinis, Calgary Herald After 15 years of almost steadily shrinking class sizes, forecasted job losses will force classes to grow in the Calgary Catholic School District this fall. Calgary...
May 27, 2010
Appeals for more provincial funding The Edmonton public school board is warning that some teachers may lose their jobs and class sizes could increase if it doesn't get more funding from the provincial government. The board has been told by Alberta it won...
May 21, 2010
Ricardo Acuña / ualberta.ca/parkland
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