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The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, or AUPE, says in an email that Alberta Health Services invited the union back to the table for mediation and that it is meeting with them Thursday and Friday.

Members of the New Brunswick Medical Society have voted in favour of the four-year agreement, which covers all doctors working in the public health system.

You won’t find dumbbells or weight machines in the gym Sean Keogh runs. At Calisthenics Club Houston, it’s all about training with body weight.

Sandra Azocar, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, or AUPE, says it gave strike notice Wednesday morning to Alberta Health Services, after bargaining fell apart over wages.

The office of Health Minister Marjorie Michel would only say the government knows the cost of such treatments presents a challenge for many Canadians and it would have more to say ‘in due course’—the same response it has provided since the election.

In the spring of 2022, the Alberta government signed a 15-year contract with DynaLife to fully privatize lab testing services in the province.

Smith says to avoid increased taxes or healthcare premiums in Alberta, surgeons will be allowed to offer elective procedures, paid for by patients or their insurance plans, after they commit to a minimum number of publicly funded surgeries per year.

This new funding will support four training programs offered by Wounds Canada and the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Institute for both healthcare professionals and personal support workers.