Alberta announces Crown corporation to gather research on addiction recovery

  • 📰 globebusiness
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 26 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 14%
  • Publisher: 66%

Canada Headlines News

Canada Latest News,Canada Headlines

The Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence, or CoRE, is expected to be up and running by the summer, with an initial annual budget of $5 million

The Alberta government is creating a Crown corporation to gather research to bolster addiction-recovery efforts as part of its broader restructuring of the health system.

Kym Kaufmann, the incoming CEO of CoRE, said the centre will work with Williams’ ministry on publicly disclosingits data. Smith’s United Conservative government has advocated investment in treatment over some harm-reduction measures, such as supervised consumption services. Recovery Alberta will take over the addiction file from the province’s current health provider, Alberta Health Services.

The announcement comes as the government works to expand its inventory of treatment and recovery facilities.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 31. in CA

Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Elections Alberta investigating finances of conservative group Take Back AlbertaThe organization’s leader is refusing to provide the group’s donor list, calls the investigation a ‘fishing expedition’
Source: globeandmail - 🏆 5. / 92 Read more »

Western Canada: Elections Alberta turns its eyes to Take Back Alberta and its leaderThe Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news
Source: globebusiness - 🏆 31. / 66 Read more »

Alberta family seeks answers after death of Canadian in Mexican jailFamily members remembered Thomas Hempstock as loving, helpful and kind at a celebration of life on Jan 20.
Source: CBC - 🏆 32. / 63 Read more »

Entire Alberta portion of North Saskatchewan River designated ‘Canadian Heritage River’On Friday, 718 kilometres of the North Saskatchewan River, including Edmonton's river valley, were designated under the Canadian Heritage Rivers System.
Source: GlobalCalgary - 🏆 50. / 61 Read more »

Canadian Taxpayers Federation slams double tax hike in AlbertaThe federal carbon tax and Alberta's provincial gas tax are both scheduled to increase on April 1. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the 'double whammy' will hurt Albertans.
Source: GlobalCalgary - 🏆 50. / 61 Read more »

Canadian Thompson captures WC women's skicross race, overall crownMarielle Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., earned her sixth victory of the World Cup season Saturday. She defeated France's Marielle Berger in the big final and finished atop the women's overall standings for a fourth straight year.
Source: TSN_Sports - 🏆 80. / 51 Read more »