News   GLOBAL  |  Apr 02, 2020
A Message to Our Readers
 10K     0 
News   GLOBAL  |  Apr 01, 2020
EarthCam Time-Lapse Documents Rafael Viñoly-Designed New Stanford Hospital Construction
 42K     0 
News   GLOBAL  |  Apr 01, 2020
Resort Town
 6.1K     0 

Airboy said:
Stollery should have been built by now with all the money spent on planning. Dialog was heavily into it for quite a few years.

BioScience was long overdue. 20 years ago I did renos on it and it was pretty ugly.

100 million is definitely a reno. 250+ for a new building. I thought Delnor was doing the renos already.

Norwood health centre. There is a Primary care in the area. IanO and I both worked on it.
Click to expand...
Screenshot 2025-02-28 190730.png
 
Airboy said:
Stollery should have been built by now with all the money spent on planning. Dialog was heavily into it for quite a few years.

BioScience was long overdue. 20 years ago I did renos on it and it was pretty ugly.

100 million is definitely a reno. 250+ for a new building. I thought Delnor was doing the renos already.

Norwood health centre. There is a Primary care in the area. IanO and I both worked on it.
Click to expand...
My suspicion is despite the optimism of some, the Alberta government will continue to drag out the new Stollery project very, very slowly.

Maybe close the next election there will be more funding announced or even a start of construction, although I doubt that.

For whatever reasons, I think no new hospitals for us as long as the current bunch is in charge, which is too bad because they are badly needed.

At least we get some money now for a fan park and some other things.
 
erudyk_29 said:
Probably a reno, but I would think a semi-major one. The building is literally falling apart, it needs a reno badly. Obviously a replacement would be preferable, but I wouldn't have even expected money for just a rework from the UCP.
Click to expand...
From an email:
Over the next three years, the Government of Alberta will invest $100 million to transform the Biological Sciences Building into a world-leading STEM and life sciences research and education hub to be named the Life Sciences Innovation and Future Technologies (LIFT) Centre. These funds will double much-needed lab spaces to 3,200, opening up access to high-demand programs across the university.

The U of A will contribute another $100 million to this project, which will help keep our province at the forefront of innovation, discovery, and cutting-edge education. LIFT will help to attract the best and brightest minds to the U of A and is projected to increase the U of A’s economic impact by an estimated $154 million in the first five years.
Click to expand...

Other details:
In more good news for the U of A, Campus Saint-Jean will receive $4 million over the next two years for much-needed infrastructure support. Campus Saint-Jean serves a vital role as the only Francophone post-secondary institution in Alberta.

The U of A received just under $45 million in capital maintenance and renewal, a 7.2 per cent increase over last year. This includes a second year of funding for renovations to the Butterdome, with design work starting this spring and construction following later in 2025.
Click to expand...
 
For a newly elected MLA, this is a very bold move tbh. Claiming you're not going to vote for the budget which if enough people do triggers an election, is a big no-no for the government caucus.

Although the "equalization to Edmonton and Alberta and if Sohi likes it, it's not good for Northern Alberta" argument is funny considering urban Alberta subsidizes rural Alberta.
 
I suspect Mr Sinclair will have a frank talk with someone in the party and will vote in favour. However His riding has had the last New Hospital built, Highway 686 is getting funding to complete. Highway 88 is getting new bridges.
 
After having experienced the worst of the ED wait times. Last Thursday what should have been 6 hours turned into 11 hours. I watched the staff at this hospital and from My last visit the staffing numbers were the same but the load has more than tripled. The waiting area was full, The halls leading to treatment areas were full and secondary hallways had people. And that was not including all the people that were waiting in treatment areas. The Staff were coming down the halls with their portable display panels and doing regular vital sign checks until the person could be checked. I did notice 5 Ambulances parked outside the bays and 2 supervisors on site.

I also saw on sign in the ED advertising an family DR accepting new patients. It's not so much needing new spaces we need the people. Next time we need he ED I'll check all the hospital wait times, If I have to go out of town I will. But most don't have that option.
 
You must log in or register to post here.

Back
Top