Ottawa pledges $115M to support Alberta's long-term care

Patients in Alberta health centres who require continuing care will be safer as a result of new funding from the federal government, officials say. A $115-million grant was announced on Wednesday in Calgary to help improve conditions in long-term care facilities in the province. Officials say the money will be using toward the prevention and control of COVID-19 and other illnesses as well as avoiding overcrowding. Health-care aides will also be getting raises as well as access to an adequate sup