Red Deer hospital MRI out of service, ER uses tarps for extra room
The Red Deer hospital has been without an MRI for a few days, the same month that ER applicants waited many hours in a space separated by tarps.
Adriana LaGrange tweets about “funding the Red Deer Hospital expansion”
LaGrange’s tweet showcases “funding the Red Deer Hospital expansion” as one of the main things accomplished in the previous year.
During a power alert, Danielle Smith tweets that wind was only providing “10 homes” worth of power
Despite the disparaging language against wind power, the AESO actually announces that the shortage is due to two natural gas generators being out of service. 8MW would power closer to 4000 houses. (Smith deletes the tweet)
Emergency rooms closed for over 3000 days across 35 AB communities in the past 2½ years
Alberta Worker reports that over the past two and a half years, 35 Alberta communities have experienced over 3000 days of closed ERs.
Danielle Smith attends TBA founder Matt Parker’s wedding
Danielle Smith is one of ~75 attendees at Take Back Alberta founder Matt Parker’s wedding
Founder of TBA tweets that he loves being white.
Founder of Take Back Alberta group David Parker tweets “White people are awesome and I love being white”.
Danielle Smith says homeless encampment fires are due to organized crime
Danielle Smith asserts that fires at homeless encampments are due to “organized crime operating drug markets”
Minister of Health meets with Naturopaths about primary care.
Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange posts about meeting “with Dr. Rob Roth, President of the College of Naturopathic Doctors of Alberta, to discuss the role they play in primary care.”
Alberta to send over 100 delegates to COP28 costing 2,000,000$+
At 18,000$+ per person for airfare, and 2,500$ per room per night for ten days, Alberta is sending over 100 delegates to the COP28 meeting.
UCP remove 200$ limit on gifts that MLAs can receive, limit ethics investigations
UCP pass an update to the Alberta Conflicts of Interest Act, removing the 200$ limit on individual gifts MLAs can receive. The amendment also prevents the ethics commissioner from investigating during an election.