RhPAP sets its sights on Drayton Valley for 2020 conference
Rural perspectives on health provider attraction and retention will be the focus of the three-day event. Drayton Valley is the place to...
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Peace Regional Committee named 2020 RhPAP Rhapsody Community Award recipient
The Peace Regional Healthcare Attraction and Retention Committee recognized for welcoming health providers, engaging and empowering community with their work
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Speech language pathologist assists rural people of all ages
Angeline Reimer didn’t think she’d ever be able to talk with her cousin again. The Lac La Biche area resident is the...
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Summertime wellness ideas from our Rural Community Consultants
Summer is here, and Albertans are hankering to get out and enjoy the sunshine and wildlife that is so abundant here this...
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Take this summer to support mental health
With the COVID-19 pandemic overturning the summer plans of many people, it’s an important time to revisit ways to maintain our mental...
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Best wishes to Grimshaw’s Dr. Botha!
After practicing medicine and living in Grimshaw for the past 25 years, Dr. Andres Botha hanging up his stethoscope to enjoy a...
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Pontoon boat transports Lac La Biche pharmacist to work during flooding
Not everyone keeps a rain gauge by their home, but Zicki Eludin does. Therefore, it wasn’t surprising to the Lac La Biche...
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Pilots saved remote northern Alberta community from 1920s diphtheria outbreak
The strength and courage of Albertans was tested during another disease outbreak in Northern Alberta more than 90 years ago. In December 1928, a...
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Pandemics present opportunities to learn from the past
COVID-19’s arrival in Alberta caught many residents by surprise. For provincial health-care officials, it wasn’t totally unexpected. “There have been multiple examples...
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Put on your rural “perspectacles” and join us in Drayton Valley for our fall conference!
Bernard Anderson, Executive Director of the Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP), personally invites you to attend our fall conference, taking place at the beautiful Clean Energy...
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Castor senior recalls epidemics past during COVID-19 outbreak
Today’s pandemic brings back a flood of memories for Luella Kowalsky.
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The Rural & Isolated Support Endeavour (RISE)
RISE was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to provide emotional support and companionship to patients living in rural areas across Canada who are experiencing increased isolation due to social distancing restrictions.
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From Jamaica to Lac La Biche, this RN loves the switch to rural practice
Before COVID-19, you often could find registered nurse, Debbiann Wilson, hitting a punching bag in her free time. “I try to do some boxing, which I’m...
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