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Lost in the year-end hustle and bustle, political theatre, and backburner scandals, one piece of news has flown under the radar: the announcement of the new Stollery Children’s Hospital site.

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Caring for nearly 300,000 children annually, the Stollery is a medical hub for children and families in northern Alberta and Western Canada. In fact, as was noted in the provincial government’s announcement, the Stollery is the second-largest children’s hospital in Canada, second only to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

While I do not need to convince folks of the importance of the Stollery, these planning-stage announcements deserve as much attention as when shovels are in the ground.

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The announcement and subsequent mild media coverage follow an unfortunate trend when it........

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