More doctors. More nurses. More support workers. More therapists, more diagnostic technicians. More facilities. More money.Keeping up with the health-care demands of a growing population in northern Alberta remains a challenge for all three health regions that span the northern part of the province.But some progress is being made.The Northern Lights Health Region stretches across the northern part of the province from Saskatchewan to B.C. and includes Fort McMurray.There is no denying there are challenges. This is a place where population growth is running at 9.2 per cent a year, the highest in the country and unprecedented in Canada, Blais notes.Health staff shortages are not uncommon. Read more