Media Release

EDMONTON (June 4th, 2018) – June 3-9th, 2018 is Wheel Week across Alberta, a week aimed at promoting active travel by encouraging Alberta students to walk and wheel to school. Yet, for many [...]

EDMONTON (December 6th, 2017) – The Alberta Policy Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention (APCCP), a coalition of prominent health organizations, is renewing its call for a levy on [...]

EDMONTON – On Monday, November 20th, the Government of Alberta released a report on findings from the 2016-2017 school nutrition pilot program, and announced additional funding to continue the [...]

EDMONTON – On Wednesday, April 5th, the Government of Alberta announced $10M in funding for the province’s Student Nutrition Pilot program, an increase from its initial $3.5M investment in [...]

Edmonton – A recent online survey of 1,005 Albertans conducted by Leger Research reveals that 75 percent of respondents want the Alberta government to reinvest one-third of tobacco taxes in [...]

EDMONTON, AB — For many Canadians, New Year’s resolutions and winter sports will mean lots of time spent in sport and recreation facilities this January. Efforts to be more active are vital to [...]

Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta: Tuesday, January 17 – National Non-Smoking Week 2017 Edmonton – A coalition of prominent health organizations is giving the Alberta government a C-minus [...]

EDMONTON – A recent survey of the Alberta public found that the majority of respondents support a tax on pop and energy drinks. Sugary drinks, including pop and energy drinks, have been linked to [...]

EDMONTON – Access to healthy food while at school is necessary to support children’s health, wellbeing, and educational achievement. Despite this fact, many young people across [...]

EDMONTON – A provincial coalition of prominent health groups is calling on the Premier to establish a levy on sugary drinks to reduce consumption of these unhealthy products and generate [...]