I think Lagrange is Red Deer-north. Red Deer and area have grown significantly, and the Regional Hospital expansion is needed.
 
Red Deer (both ridings) were also FAR too close for comfort for the UCP, which is why were finally seeing some movement on this one.
 
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I suppose… and maybe AHS could rent a bunch of decrepit hotel rooms on the south side through some private care providers for those patients to convalesce in when they get discharged. :(
 
Glenco said:
What is the problem? People on the south side can always drive down to Red Deer for their medical needs it is not that far.
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This seemed liked a joke but that is exactly what Simth said on Saturday.

From the Calgary Herald's Don Braid"

"Most breathtaking is the UCP decision to “pause” a hospital long planned for south Edmonton.

On the radio Saturday, Smith questioned the cost of new full-service hospitals — and then promised just such a facility for Red Deer, home of Health Minister Adriana LaGrange.

The UCP lost every Edmonton city riding to the NDP. Red Deer is reliably UCP.

The middle-finger image is crude but inescapable.

Red Deer is a growing city,” the premier said.

“They absolutely do need to have a full-service hospital in central Alberta . . . and perhaps that will also help to support some of the south Edmonton residents as well.”

Red Deer is more than an hour’s high-speed drive from south Edmonton. The suggestion that Edmontonians could race there for care is absurd, says Braid.


Good to see a Calgary columnist call this out.

 
TAS said:
This seemed liked a joke but that is exactly what Simth said on Saturday.

From the Calgary Herald's Don Braid"

"Most breathtaking is the UCP decision to “pause” a hospital long planned for south Edmonton.

On the radio Saturday, Smith questioned the cost of new full-service hospitals — and then promised just such a facility for Red Deer, home of Health Minister Adriana LaGrange.

The UCP lost every Edmonton city riding to the NDP. Red Deer is reliably UCP.

The middle-finger image is crude but inescapable.

Red Deer is a growing city,” the premier said.

“They absolutely do need to have a full-service hospital in central Alberta . . . and perhaps that will also help to support some of the south Edmonton residents as well.”

Red Deer is more than an hour’s high-speed drive from south Edmonton. The suggestion that Edmontonians could race there for care is absurd, says Braid.


Good to see a Calgary columnist call this out.

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Love how- Braid is anti-UCP, but where is the EDM media in all of this? We need Braid to bring this insane woman to light?
 
“People from South side of Edmonton can drive to Red Deer to use their hospital?” Seriously wtf?! That c@@t face be-atch of a pos leader! Where is Sohi through all of this? She said this at a Leaders conference right here in EDM? She wasn’t quartered and hung?
 
MacLac said:
“People from South side of Edmonton can drive to Red Deer to use their hospital?” Seriously wtf?! That c@@t face be-atch of a pos leader! Where is Sohi through all of this? She said this at a Leaders conference right here in EDM? She wasn’t quartered and hung?
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No she said that on her Saturday call in radio show.

Speaking of Edmonton media, I was really disappointed with Ryan Jespersen when he had her on his show last week. He said the day before he would go deeper than other journalists and ask the questions other reporters wouldn't.

Let's just say I didn't notice any difference and she wasn't challenged on any of the issues we're talking about or that Braid highlighted in terms of favoritism. It was a soft interview.
 
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Well someone from here NEEDs to send her excerpt to local media! Imagine tomorrow on Global, CTV and CBC when they play her saying that?
 
TAS said:
This seemed liked a joke but that is exactly what Simth said on Saturday.

From the Calgary Herald's Don Braid"

"Most breathtaking is the UCP decision to “pause” a hospital long planned for south Edmonton.

On the radio Saturday, Smith questioned the cost of new full-service hospitals — and then promised just such a facility for Red Deer, home of Health Minister Adriana LaGrange.

The UCP lost every Edmonton city riding to the NDP. Red Deer is reliably UCP.

The middle-finger image is crude but inescapable.

Red Deer is a growing city,” the premier said.

“They absolutely do need to have a full-service hospital in central Alberta . . . and perhaps that will also help to support some of the south Edmonton residents as well.”

Red Deer is more than an hour’s high-speed drive from south Edmonton. The suggestion that Edmontonians could race there for care is absurd, says Braid.


Good to see a Calgary columnist call this out.

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This has to be a joke at this point. A City of close to over a million and she's telling those of us on the southside that Red Deer is an option.

She defines the use of the word idiot.
 
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