Frontline health care workers are renewing their pleas for help as emergency room wait times at the Red Deer Regional Hospital continue to balloon, hitting what doctors are calling "unprecedented" highs. The posted wait time spiked over the weekend, topping out at nearly 18 hours during the early morning hours on Sunday.
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Dozens of protestors marched outside of the animal rescue shelter following revelations of conditions inside described as overcrowded, understaffed, and unsanitary.
But in 2019, NSPCA insiders accused its president, Kathy Jung, of stealing funds from the non-profit.
The state attorney general recently charged Jung with three felony counts of theft. That’s now being handled in court.
In the fallout from the charges, the Humane Network stepped in to help it revamp operations. The Humane Network told KNPR News that it had a grant to help animal shelters around the state save more animals.
While working on that effort, the network was contacted by the NSPCA board to become trustees and hire new leadership and a new board.
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The board of directors stepped down and turned leadership over to the Humane Network. The network ran the shelter until September 2019 when a new board and NSPCA Executive Director Lori Heeren took over.