No, Rosell. I think you are wrong here. I am in Alberta too. So, just a day or two before they sent me my OWP, I got a letter from Alberta Health care saying that their records show that my papers (Work Permit) expires on November 26, 2011. They warned me that my Alberta healthcare insurance will expire the same day. I called the number given there and told them that I had sent my papers for OWP and PR last year yet. They automatically extended my healthcare insurance for 90 days and said that as soon as I get my new papers I should make a copy of my healthcare card and a copy of the new Work Permit and send it to the address provided there in the letter. This is what I did when I received my OWP.
Maybe, it's impossible to renew your healthcare insurance if it expired a long time ago.
Maybe, it's impossible to renew your healthcare insurance if it expired a long time ago.