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The United Conservative government jolted rural doctors with a notice that implied 141 communities would be stripped of their “rural” designation before clarifying late Sunday they had posted an incorrect bulletin.

Alberta health minister Tyler Shandro retracted changes to physician pay on Friday. The same day, his ministry posted a bulletin detailing the changes including a list of communities — cut by almost 25 per cent — eligible for the Rural Remote Northern Program (RRNP).

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“Med Bulletin 227 was published with incorrect information and did not list 141 communities,” wrote Alberta Health on Twitter Sunday afternoon, hours after it was drawn to their attention by a Canmore doctor. “We apologize for this oversight and will be revising the bulletin and community list on Monday.”

Communities eligible for the RRNP are scored by “isolation points,” which are based on population size, distance from urban centres and how far north they are. It appeared any place that scored a 5.1 or lower was excluded from the list posted on Friday, including Banff, Canmore, High River and several Indigenous communities.