Alberta health critic casts doubt on claim 141 communities removed from RRNP by mistake

Alberta's Official Opposition health critic is casting doubt on the claim made by Alberta Health on Sunday that the removal of 141 communities from the Rural Remote Northern Program (RRNP) was an "oversight." Earlier on Sunday, NDP health critic David Shepherd noted that nearly one quarter of the communities listed on the RRNP were quietly removed Friday — the same day Health Minister Tyler Shandro walked back changes made to how rural doctors are paid for services. Shepherd said at the ti