Overview
- Alberta’s election agency confirmed a proposed separation question could go to a 2026 referendum if petitioners collect 178,000 valid signatures.
- A letter to the Edmonton Sun reports an Edmonton man died after an eight-hour wait at Grey Nuns Hospital’s ER on Dec. 22.
- Letter writers in the Edmonton Journal blame recent hospital crowding and respiratory surges on reduced promotion and access for vaccines under the UCP.
- Critics writing about the newly passed Alberta Disability Assistance Program argue it resembles Britain’s work-capability assessments and could harm disabled people.
- A Calgary Sun letter raises alarm about media reports of more than 76,000 MAID deaths in Canada and urges scrutiny of the program’s growth.