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Rachel Stefaniuk: 2025 Rural Medical Student Award Recipient

Watching her “baba” navigate cancer in a small rural Alberta community with few healthcare options prompted a Willingdon woman to study medicine. “This lack of…

Watching her “baba” navigate cancer in a small rural Alberta community with few healthcare options prompted a Willingdon woman to study medicine. “This lack of equality in healthcare inspired me to pursue medicine and work towards filling the healthcare gap…

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  • The lure of ranching brought Dr. Tyler May home to Manning

    The lure of ranching brought Dr. Tyler May home to Manning

    For many years, the community of Manning struggled to keep physicians. “Recruitment was ongoing for quite a few years. There was even...

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  • Sundre gives thanks, grows legacy of Dr. Vesta Michelle Warren

    Sundre gives thanks, grows legacy of Dr. Vesta Michelle Warren

    Sundre shone last Saturday, as healthcare heroes were lauded, and the drive for a new medical facility was launched.  About 300 people from...

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  • RPAP Awards: Manning recognized for physician attraction and retention excellence

    RPAP Awards: Manning recognized for physician attraction and retention excellence

    EDMONTON – A northwestern Alberta community is being honoured for adopting a grassroots approach to overcoming a physician shortage in the region....

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  • For South African physicians in Bonnyville, it was love at first site visit – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    For South African physicians in Bonnyville, it was love at first site visit – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    From the moment she arrived, Dr. Leigh-Ann Smith says she fell in love with Bonnyville. Smith, along with husband and fellow physician,...

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  • Dr. Akinseinde Osakuade – What’s not to love about Oyen?             – 22nd June 2016

    Dr. Akinseinde Osakuade – What’s not to love about Oyen? – 22nd June 2016

    As a young man, Dr. Akinseinde Osakuade knew he wanted to fix people. Coming from a family of engineers in his native...

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