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Chinook Health Region is located in southwestern Alberta. It is bordered on the south by Montana, on the west by British Columbia, on the north by Headwaters Health Region and on the east by Palliser Health Region. Motto: Fortis et Liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total • Land • Water (% of total) Ranked 6th (provinces and territories) 661,848 km² 642,317 km² 19...
Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Helena Billings Area Ranked 4th - Total 147,165 sq. ...
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total • Land • Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735...
Government
The health region is governed by a board made up of 12 members from communities within the region.
Demographics The region is 25,947 sq km and contains a population of over 150,000, which is 5% of Alberta's population. The population of Lethbridge makes up over half of the region's population. Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. ...
Persons over the age of 65 years made up over 1/10 of the CHR population in 1998.
Approximately 10,000 Aboriginal people live in the region, most of whom are of the Blackfoot Nations. The number also includes some Cree, Métis, Inuit and other others. Aboriginal peoples in Canada are indigenous peoples recognized in the Canadian Constitution Act, 1982 as Indians (First Nations), Métis, and Inuit. ...
Bear Bull The Blackfoot Confederacy is the collective name of three First Nations in Alberta and one Native American tribe in Montana. ...
The Cree are an indigenous people of North America whose people range from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean in both Canada and the United States. ...
The Métis (pronounced MAY tee, IPA: , in French or , in Métis ) are one of three recognized Aboriginal peoples in Canada. ...
The Inuit Circumpolar Conference defines its constituency to include Canadas Inuit and Inuvialuit, Greenlands Kalaallit people, Alaskas Inupiaq and Yupik people, and Russias Yupik. ...
Additionally, roughly 15,000 Kanadier Mennonites live in the Chinook Health Region. Numbers vary groups migrate between home communities in Central American and the Chinook Health Region. The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist (Re-baptizers) denominations named after and influenced by the teachings and tradition of Menno Simons (1496-1561). ...
Facilities The Chinook Health Region operates 12 hospitals, 15 community health centres, and 5 continuing care facilities in 14 communities.
Employment CHR employs more people in Lethbridge than any other single organization. Employees include 3,500 staff and 200 physicians.
Services The CHR provides the following services throughout the region: - Breast health
- Cardiac rehab
- Chinook Rehabilitation Program (CRP)
- Community nutrition
- Diabetes management
- Emergency and critical care
- Healing arts
- Health protection
- Health promotion
- Laboratory
- Medical imaging
- Medicine and surgery
- Mental health
- Nutrition services
- Oral health
- Pharmacy
- Physicians
- Population health
- Respiratory
- Seniors' health
- Social Work
- Spiritual care services
- Transitional care
- Wellness services
- Women's and children's health
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