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Alberta nurses are making it a hot summer for the provincial government and its plans for huge health budget cuts. Nurses have been marching down mainstreet in Alberta cities and towns calling on the Alberta government to stop cuts to the public health care system.  They’ve been meeting with MLAs, handing out leaflets to citizens and writing letters to newspapers in droves. “Look at what has been achieved over the past month...it's incredible.  There are not many (if any) MLA's that are not aware of the campaign now. Let's continue to keep them informed, and keep the heat turned up...” says Ros Gullickson from Local #301 at the University of Alberta Hospital. On June 15 at the Local Presidents’ meeting in Edmonton UNA Locals joined in with the Friends of Medicare More Health Cuts Wrong Way campaign, and nurses have been ratcheting up the activity level ever since. Many nurses have met with their MLAs and are planning to go back to get questions answered.  Many communities have also had rallies and taken their issue to other organizations like the Barrhead town council. That got a headline in the Barrhead Leader: “Town council takes up nurses’ cause”. Nurses leaflet the Strathcona Market, more photos here Health care has been the hot news this summer in Alberta and nurses have been a big part of it. Lethbridge nurses got together with Friends of Medicare to hold a major Wrong Way rally on June 25th. Whole families came out in for the Lethbridge event. UNA First Vice President Bev Dick was in Lethbridge to speak at the rally. UNA Nurses and AUPE health workers held a small demonstration outside Health and Wellness Minister Ron Liepert's office. Mr. Liepert came out to talk, but NOT to UNA nurses. Some of the health workers outside Liepert's office. Local #3 held a march down main street in Banff in the special Wrong Way T shirts they had produced. On July 20th Medicine Hat nurses organized another Wrong Way rally again with local Friends of Medicare activists. Like most of these rallies, they made front page news in the local newspaper. Nurses were well represented at the Rycroft Fair and Races event on the July 4th weekend. Nurses from Local 41,  Central Peace Hospital, and Local #37 Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Grande Prairie, decorated Roxann Dreger's  truck for the event. The truck will be appearing at other area events as well. Tory is the little girl in front of the truck who insisted on handing out leaflets herself. The nurse's cap appears on the truck with the slogan "Caring for our Communities".