Strathcona County votes to keep integrated emergency services with a tax increase

Seven Alberta communities, including Strathcona County, operate their own combined fire-paramedic service with provincial funding. On March 13, Emergency Health Services (EHS) – Alberta told the county and six other Alberta communities with integrated services that provincial funding for municipal ambulance contracts would be reduced. Each community is now faced with the decision to hand…

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‘Signal of hope’: Pressure mounts to open long-unused space at Kelowna General Hospital – Okanagan

After sitting unused for years, there is some indication that an empty space at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) could finally be under consideration for use, according to a leaked memo circulated to some medical staff. The memo references the unfinished sixth floor of the hospital’s Centennial Tower, space that has sat vacant for more than…

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