The third week of Alberta's election campaign continues, as the United Conservatives and New Democrats jockey for position on the health file.
Both parties made health-care announcements over the weekend, and that theme continued Monday, with UCP Leader Danielle Smith promising to allow mandatory drug treatment.
The NDP also attacked their rivals Monday on rural health care, saying the only hospital in the town of High River, south of Calgary, faces potential closures in its emergency department because the UCP hasn't supported it.Smith and Notley are set to debate on Thursday, and Albertans go to the polls on May 29.
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