Seniors

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EDMONTON—Public Interest Alberta has selected Evelyn Schuler from Medicine Hat to receive this year’s Public Interest Award for Southern Alberta.

Please join us for a celebration of the achievements of two phenomenal advocates.The award ceremonies will take place on April 10th and 12th as part of PIA’s 7th annual advocacy conference. We hope to see you there.

"Monday’s cheque presentation was followed by a briefing and discussion between Gary Pool, President of the Alberta Council on Aging (ACA) and members of the Rendez-Vous Centre’s board and MLA Kubinec. The talk focuses on a number of seniors’ issues and organizations, including the Alberta Council on Aging, Senior Friendly Program, senior fraud, Alberta Network of Seniors Related Organization(ANSRO) and the Seniors Task Force, Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton (SAGE)."

We hope you enjoy the first issue of our new publication, the Advocate. This newsletter is intended to be space to share stories and tools for advocacy and will be published three times a year.

Here is a collection of articles and upcoming actions in response to the Provincial Budget 2013.

EDMONTON—Public Interest Alberta says that the Redford government's budget cuts to public services are going to have a serious impact on our families and the economy.“This budget is full of bad decisions”, says Bill Moore-Kilgannon of Public Interest Alberta.The budget released today will have the following impacts:Culture

"The Idle No More movement marked a global day of action Monday with a rally in Churchill Square that saw leaders from a variety of organizations declare solidarity with the movement. More than 200 people gathered in Churchill Square to hear representatives from nine organizations, including labour and environmental groups, share short messages of support for Idle No More and sign a declaration of solidarity. The speeches were followed by a tea dance with the Dene Tha’ Drummers."

"Symphony Senior Living Aspen Ridge has announced it is cancelling its funding agreement to provide 49 care beds for Alberta Health Services just as the seniors facility prepares for Friday’s strike and lockout. Symphony Senior Living CEO Lisa Brush said all affected residents and families were alerted on Tuesday — the same day the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees announced its 130 health-care workers and staff at the facility would go on strike on Friday at 1 p.m. Symphony has also served AUPE with a lockout notice for Friday."

Bill Moore Kilgannon of Public Interest Alberta discusses homecare changes in this podcast segment from CBC Radio.