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Kickstand and Alberta Blue Cross® launch supportive message service for young people in Alberta.

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’…

Alberta Blue Cross®April 7, 2021

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Alberta Blue Cross® continues to support community organizations through COVID grant program

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…

Alberta Blue Cross®February 17, 2021

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Alberta Blue Cross® challenges all Albertans to participate in Winter Walk Day

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®…

Alberta Blue Cross®February 1, 2021

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Alberta Blue Cross® delivers support for targeted food security efforts

In the spirit of supporting Albertans in need through the holiday season, this week Alberta Blue Cross® is stepping up with a $75,000 donation from its community foundation to support the work of organizations advancing targeted food security efforts. Through the pandemic, we have seen organizations across Alberta come together…

Alberta Blue Cross®December 21, 2020

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Narcotic management for Alberta Blue Cross® managed drug plans

For groups on a managed drug formulary To promote the safe use of narcotics for our plan members, we have developed a narcotic management strategy based on current guidelines and best practice prescribing for groups on our managed drug formulary. Narcotics, commonly called opioids, are powerful painkillers often prescribed after…

Alberta Blue Cross®December 17, 2020

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Albertans urged to stay off thin ice

Alberta Blue Cross® is reminding Albertans to stay off thin ice, given the unseasonably warm winter we have had so far. The reminder comes after a 63-year-old man tragically lost his life at Jackfish Lake, west of Edmonton, on November 27 after a side-by-side he was using to clear snow…

Alberta Blue Cross®December 9, 2020

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Alberta Blue Cross® supports Ever Active Schools in securing $100,000 for Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program

Alberta Blue Cross® is proud to announce that its community partner Ever Active Schools has received funding of $100,000 through the Healthy Futures program, offered by the Toronto-based organization LEAP | Peacut Centre for Social Impact. This funding will be put towards the Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP), which Alberta…

Alberta Blue Cross®December 4, 2020

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Alberta Blue Cross® encourages Albertans to ‘buy local’ this holiday season

With the holiday season approaching, many Albertans are getting started on gift shopping—and more are turning to online shopping platforms as shopping from home has gained prominence during the pandemic. But this season, it’s more important than ever to support the financial health of our local communities by buying local…

Alberta Blue Cross®November 23, 2020

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COVID Community Roots Program providing funding across rural Alberta

Alberta Blue Cross® is calling on organizations across rural Alberta that are serving their communities through the pandemic to apply for grant funding through its COVID Community Roots Program, which runs through to the end of 2020. As part of its $500,000 commitment to supporting communities through the impact of…

Alberta Blue Cross®October 26, 2020

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Alberta Blue Cross® partners with Calgary Counselling Centre to offer free online depression screening tests for Albertans

As Depression and Mental Health Screening Month kicks off, Alberta Blue Cross® is partnering with the Calgary Counselling Centre to help Albertans navigate increasing mental health concerns resulting from COVID-19 through the use of a free online depression screening test. Alberta Blue Cross®, in partnership with the Calgary Counselling Centre…

Alberta Blue Cross®October 7, 2020

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