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AHCIP Coverge Cancelled!

So, I spoke to a friend who turned up at a clinic for regular treatment, and they were told their Alberta Healthcare coverage (AHCIP) was no longer valid, and they would have to pay for treatment. They called the AHCIP eligibility line 1-888-422-6257 to check and sure enough they were told their coverage was no longer valid. No notice, no warnings, just gone. And they have been unable to find out what to do to get it reinstated.

I’ve been in Alberta for 22 years, had the same PHN and card all that time. No expiry date on the card. I checked myself using the automated line above, and it looks like my coverage is also invalid. That said, I find it suspicious that it is apparently no longer valid after today, the exact day I choose to check.

Has anyone else checked recently and found their coverage has gone as well? Could this just be a system glitch?

[edit] There’s a chance this is a glitch in the system, and if you have an old green & white PHN card not linked to your drivers license, that doesn’t have an expiry date, then the system may be falsely returning “invalid” for any date but today as a result. This was the case with my friend, so it’s possible that the clinic used the same data to check eligibility and got the same result.

[edit] It’s also possible to check eligibility using the Alberta MyChart web site. Take a look at “Insurance Coverage” on your account and it should show the “effective from” date and possibly an expiry date, if you have one. Mine showed no expiry date (so I assume it’s still valid, the above automated line notwithstanding). The only anomaly was that it showed effect-from 2019, but I’ve had that PHN since I moved to Alberta in 2004. So 🤷‍♂️

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u/3rddog — 1 day ago
▲ 243 r/alberta

‘Berta Proud Dad’ claims to be creating a website to witch hunt teachers

u/FluffyCactus — 1 day ago
▲ 22 r/alberta

Could someone please confirm if this is correct regarding Maternity / Parental leave?

My Wife's due date is in December and I've looked at the Canada.ca Maternity / Parental leave EI benefits website and I think I understand how it works for the most part. However, I just wanted to confirm the below in case I misunderstood anything.

  1. My wife will take 16 weeks of maternity leave from the date our child is born. (Not taking any before our child is born).
  2. I will take 5 weeks of parental leave from the date our child is born.
  3. My wife will take 35 weeks of parental leave after her 16 weeks of maternity leave is over.
  4. Me taking 5 weeks of parental leave doesn't affect my wife's maternity / parental leave, and once her 16 weeks of maternity leave is over, she will still get 35 weeks of parental leave.
  5. All of this duration while receiving 55% EI benefits. We both have required hours.

EDIT: Thanks everyone for confirming!

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u/KEKW_LOL — 1 day ago
▲ 341 r/alberta

Removed again from registration

The other day someone posted and urged us to check if we are registered. Curious i checked and weirdly I wasnt. So I went through a registered. Despite being born and raised here and voting numerous times. I just went and checked again and sure enough I wasnt registered to vote. Whats going on? My husband was also removed and has to re register again

EDIT i went back and just checked right now after re registering 20 mins ago and it says " your are not registered to vote "

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u/toiletcleaner999 — 2 days ago
▲ 256 r/alberta

Every Albertan needs to call Elections Alberta if they’ve had even a single change in their voter information or their location in at least the past two years but possibly more

Today I called Elections Alberta because I had registered for a special ballot for the upcoming referendum but subsequently learned that Elections Alberta still had our previous address from two years ago on record. I learned that by checking the voterlink site after reading another r/alberta thread, then updating the record on the same. I wanted to know if anything needed to be done because the ballot had been requested with out of date information (i.e. would it go to the old address or be discarded because it didn't match info, etc.)

In the intervening time between our move and today we had:

  • Changed our drivers licenses
  • voted in a municipal election
  • updated our information on the voterlink site last week when we found it to be wrong despite the other two above actions.

On a phone call I find out they still have our old address on the file despite all of that.

So I spent 10 minutes updating that information and at the same time I’m able to update my husband‘s information which I think is fundamentally a problem but that’s beside the point of this particular rant. Cool, that's done. Requesting the ballot should be a matter of minutes, right? Ha, you sweet innocent child...

Also, when I asked what I could have done differently to make sure everything was up-to-date, I was told most people just give us a phone call or an email. I just ... W.T.F.?

The population of Alberta is approximately 5 million. A Realtor once told me that 20% of the population moves every year so they’re literally suggesting that hundreds of thousands of people call or email every year.

Then I ask what would’ve happened to that special ballot. Call centre person number one (CCP#1) says they can’t find that request.

I don’t happen to be in the same place as my confirmation number so CCP#1 passes me on after having changed all my information to the correct information to the special ballot team.

At which time call centre person two (CCP#2) takes the phone and starts trying to look me up and can’t find me with all the information that I provide. All the current information that has just been updated in their database. I am now more than 20 minutes into this phone call.

Then CCP#2 asks me if I have ever voted in an Alberta election. I.... just...

Then puts me on hold and talks to a supervisor. They find me under (surprise!!!) the old address I have literally changed minutes ago with them. CCP#2 offers to change it now. I updated yet again and have a special ballot request made. It's now been 35 minutes on the phone. I could have been at a BBQ!

There are so many places where this failed and to have Elections Alberta fail 3 times and at least twice in one interaction, I believe that everybody needs to verify that their information is correct for this referendum.

https://www.elections.ab.ca/contact-us/

For all of those who inevitably say this is fake, I'll put the screenshot of the call history in the comments.

Edited for grammar and typos that never show up before you hit post.

u/stormica — 2 days ago
▲ 141 r/alberta

'We shouldn't help Ukraine, why should we care?'

The level of apathy/disinterest or downright disregard for Ukraine's fight against genocidal Russia is massively annoying, when Alberta has one of the biggest Ukrainian population in Canada.

Like come on, are you saying that Ukrainian-Canadians do not matter, when we have our culture all over this province? Grow up. Support Ukrainians or stfu.

Signed, Ukrainian-Canadian.

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u/ZalrokChaos — 2 days ago
▲ 111 r/alberta

Help me find Tegveer

There’s this person that fixed my tire in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada on 06/20/2026 from 11 pm to 2 am.

LOCATION:
7/11 Gas Station
900 Market St SE
Airdrie AB T4A 0K9
Canada

There are few moments in life that make you truly and eternally grateful for the human ability to help each other. This is how I felt when I met Tegveer. Im in Banff and I just got a flat tire. I don’t know anybody, it’s nighttime, and it’s so. freakin. cold. We have an 7:30 am tour in Banff the next day. I’m at the point where I’m convinced we have to cancel our tour. My friend is filling up air in the flat tire and my roommates and I go meet her. We take an uber, and our uber driver Rahul calls his “cousin” who has a tire puncture kit. This cousin’s name is Tegveer.

We wait for this guy for 30 minutes and he finally arrives. He spends about 2 solid hours fixing our tire. Later, he takes us around and tests the car to make sure all is well. We asked him how much we owe him. He kept denying and at the end told us “Go help someone else.”

I’ve been trying to find this person’s instagram, facebook, or some sort of social media platform so I can thank him for his help. He truly saved us that day and we are eternally grateful.

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u/wheresthatkush — 2 days ago