World’s Longest Hockey Game moving cancer research closer to goal

This year's World's Longest Hockey Game is the seventh edition of the event, which has been supporting cancer research in Alberta since 2003. (Photo: Mandy Kostiuk, 2011)

Reading Time: 5 minutes Annual fundraising effort to support clinical trial of precision drug developed at U of A

Virtual clinic pilot sees success in rural Alberta community

The MedROAD project, developed by U of A computing scientist Pierre Boulanger, is connecting more than 30 patients with physicians in a virtual clinic being piloted in the town of Pincher Creek. Boulanger says the project could help increase access to health care for Albertans living in remote communities. (Photo: John Ulan)

Reading Time: 3 minutes U of A spinoff company launches MedROAD virtual clinic in Alberta, making long-distance health care a reality during COVID-19