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With multiple locations across Alberta hitting record-breaking temperatures this week, Alberta Blue Cross® is sharing tips for Albertans to beat the heat and safety enjoy their summer. As a partner in Alberta’s preventable injury campaign and a champion for wellness, Alberta Blue Cross® encourages Albertans to have a safe and…

With summer approaching, Alberta Blue Cross® has invited its team members, and all Albertans, to help tidy up their own neighbourhoods and parks across Alberta. Since 2014, Alberta Blue Cross® has participated in the City of Edmonton’s Capital City Clean Up campaign each year and encouraged team members at branch…

Alberta Blue Cross® is bringing back its popular grant program to promote wellness and active living across the province. The Built Together healthy communities grant program provides up to $50,000 to support healthy living infrastructure projects across Alberta, ranging from outdoor adult gyms and playgrounds to skate and bike parks,…

As Alberta students prepare to return to school classrooms for the final month of the school year after learning from home for the past few weeks due to the pandemic, Alberta Blue Cross® is reminding parents to keep their children’s mental health top-of-mind. "COVID-19 has taken a toll on our…

With a shared interest in raising awareness of the historic gaps in women’s health research, Alberta Blue Cross® has partnered with the newly formed Alberta Women’s Health Foundation with a campaign to raise awareness and improve health outcomes. Launched this spring, the campaign aims to create awareness of the gaps…

MoreGoodDays program launching to provide young people with text-based mental health support Alberta Blue Cross® and the Mental Health Foundation are partnering with Kickstand to launch MoreGoodDays—a mental wellness messaging service that delivers daily advice and inspiration to young people’s phones. Starting today, young people across Alberta can text ‘MoreGoodDays’…

Based on the continued need for support, Alberta Blue Cross® has extended its popular COVID Community Roots Program into 2021. Alberta Blue Cross® received 156 applications for the program in 2020 and awarded a total of $195,000 to 45 projects in 38 different communities across Alberta. The program is now…

On Wednesday, February 3, hundreds of thousands of Albertans across the province will embrace the cold for socially distanced walks outside to support Alberta Winter Walk Day 2021. Alberta Blue Cross® challenges all Albertans to participate with their households and get active outdoors. Typically, more than 500 Alberta Blue Cross®…