BREAKING: Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek says the City of Calgary can no longer afford the Green Line project with further delays, and council will be discussing options to transfer risk and project to the province. Background: globalnews.ca/news/10731665/…

Acute care is not OK 🧵 It’s only the beginning of September (as in, respiratory virus season hasn’t even started), and we are already seeing every admitting service over capacity. I worked last night and the waiting room was rarely below 50 patients. /1

As a rural specialist who has been in Northern Alberta for the past 12 years, I can compare the state of healthcare today with rural healthcare when I first arrived here. Capacity just wasn’t an issue in 2011. If an emergency came in, we handled it. There was no triaging of

I see that Our Lady of Covid is back from her summer pilgrimage to the lake. #ableg

At Nose Hill this morning where the city’s latest GOAT contractors are eating invasive species in their official uniforms.

"If you need 5 docs, and only have 2, those 2 docs can only work so much to keep them open... its (only) a scheduling issue because we don't have the docs where we need them." Parksy disputes Health Minister's claims that AHS rural ER closures are largely a scheduling issue.

I wonder if Albertan's know that there are disruptions at the Camrose Hospital with scheduled surgeries cancelled? Wonder if our MLA's know about this interruption in service? Why wouldn't this be publicly reported like occurs for AHS facilities? /1

Former President Trump & JD Vance's Boeing 737-800 Enters Prohibited Airspace In Washington DC “I have a number for you to call” are words no pilot wants to hear from ATC. simpleflying.com/trump-jd-vance…

Saw wait times last night hit 12+hrs in Calgary, Red Deer & Edmonton.. Offload times in Medicine hat over 5+, Calgary/Red Deer/Edmonton offload times were just as bad.. Red Alerts.. Single Crew alerts.. All it would take is one big event and EMS & Hospitals are screwed.