Public Health
Smith says Compassionate Intervention Act a ‘last resort’ in Alberta (Global News)
Alberta proposes new mental health and addiction agency as toxic drug deaths reach historic high (Global News)
Alberta’s involuntary addictions treatment law violates Charter rights, expert says (Global News)
Decrease in toxic drug deaths in Alberta should not be celebrated: expert (Global News)
More and more toxic drug deaths in Alberta are happening in public. Why? (Global News)
Lack of public data raises questions about private addiction care in Alberta (Global News)
‘We’re on our knees’": Alberta EMS union says system on the verge of collapse (Global News)
Disclosing Hinshaw’s COVID-19 restriction discussions won’t affect confidentiality: expert (Global News)
Education
Open letter to Alberta government sounds alarm on post-secondary funding (LiveWire Calgary)
Calgary public school districts promise to empower Indigenous youth in their schools (LiveWire Calgary)
Bow Valley College’s new esports arena spurs hope for booming game industry (LiveWire Calgary)
Calgary Board of Education recommends public consultation on all-boys program’s potential closure (LiveWire Calgary)
2 Calgary Board of Education schools receive full construction approval: Report (LiveWire Calgary)
Calgary to get new student spaces thanks to new School Construction Accelerator Program (LiveWire Calgary)
University of Calgary signs Recovery-Friendly Campus Pledge, first in Alberta (LiveWire Calgary)
Free University of Calgary e-course tackles climate change misinformation (LiveWire Calgary)
University of Calgary receives $4.3M for carbon capture projects (LiveWire Calgary)
Alberta politics
Alberta advantage slipping as living standards and wages decline: report (Global News)
Alberta’s so-called ‘energy war room’ shuts down (Global News)
Alberta says Ottawa is overstepping by funding municipalities directly for housing projects (Global News)
What’s next for the Alberta NDP? (Global News)
Alberta NDP’s base shifted to Calgary. What does that mean for provincial politics? (Global News)
Race and Equity
Leaders condemn over-representation of Indigenous deaths in Alberta government care (Global News)
Anti-hate experts concerned about possible neo-fascist involvement at Alberta trucker convoy (Global News)
Syilx Nation wants MCFD overhaul after social worker steals thousands from foster kids (Kelowna Capital News)
Diversity still lacking at UBC Okanagan, say some racialized students (Kelowna Capital News)
Accessible housing is lacking in Kelowna, says disabled community members (Kelowna Capital News)
Pandemic forces Kelowna sex workers to turn to unsafe survival tactics to make money (Kelowna Capital News)
LGBTQ2S+
Alberta proposes parental consent for name changes in schools, age limits on gender affirmation care (Global News)
Alberta LGBTQ2 advocates raise concerns after trans youths denied gender-affirming care (Global News)
Bill 8 and pandemic making LGBTQ2S+ students in Alberta feel unsafe, says advocate (Global News)
‘Conversion therapy should be banned’: Kelowna-Lake Country MP says (Kelowna Capital News)
Kelowna LGBTQ2S+ advocates accuse city council of performance activism (Kelowna Capital News)
Banned from Kelowna Pride events, MP refuses to apologize for conversion therapy vote (Kelowna Capital News)
Why did Ontario vote to accredit an anti-LGBTQ2S+ college? (Xtra Magazine)
How to debunk online disinformation about LGBTQ2S+ people (Xtra Magazine)
Environment
Engineers discuss new wildfire fighting technologies at University of Calgary panel (LiveWire Calgary)
Trans Mountain, with its pipeline threatened in Jasper wildfire, has long said wildfire risk is ‘low’ (The Narwhal)
Calgary-wide rezoning may reduce carbon emissions, increase physical activity: researcher (Global News)