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The St. Albert couple were told by several staff at the Cross Cancer Institute that the wait time for new patients used to be four weeks, but now it is 10 weeks, Notley said.
A local woman is helping offer warmth this winter to mental health patients at a pair of Edmonton hospitals.
Blankets of Love Foundation for Mental Health is pivoting its focus to offer handmade quilts to Ukrainian refugees arriving in Canada.
It was last fall when Blankets of Love Foundation For Mental Health founder Sheila Ethier had set her sights on something special.
EDMONTON -- With a crisp Edmonton wind blowing through the grounds of Alberta Hospital Edmonton, three vehicles arrived, heaping with bags of hand crafted gifts for patients. Local volunteers representing Blankets of Love delivered 230 handmade quilts and blankets to be distributed to patients at Christmas. Sheila Ethier is with the Edmonton group, and says they wanted to offer some special gifts to those isolated due to COVID-19 restrictions. “It's really a difficult time right now," she told CTV News Edmonton. “Family and friends won’t be able to connect with their loved on...