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For those who have already booked their berths in the Tokyo Games, the International Olympic Committee's confirmation that athletes who have qualified remain qualified provides some cla...
Mar 27, 2020
United Way Central Alberta (UWCA), and the Red Deer and District Community Foundation (RDDCF) would like to announce that the application process for our new Community Response Fund is now open. The f...
Mar 27, 2020
Red Deer now has 17 cases of COVID-19, one more than Thursday.The latest confirmed case is in the city's east side -- where there are 12 cases -- and is one of 56 new cases in the province. The total ...
Mar 27, 2020
OTTAWA - Canadians have been coming forward in large numbers to donate blood after Canadian Blood Services warned of a possible shortage as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Blood dono...
Mar 27, 2020
Alberta Health Services (AHS), the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), Covenant Health (CH), the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA), and United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) have reache...
Mar 27, 2020
Connor McDavid grew up idolizing Sidney Crosby. On at least one issue, he's at odds with his childhood hero. A day after Crosby and Alex Ovechkin said they would be in favour of the NHL goin...
Mar 27, 2020
BOISE, Idaho - A scenic Idaho county known as a ski-vacation haven for celebrities and the wealthy has a new, more dubious distinction: It has one of the highest per-capita rates of confirmed coronavi...
Mar 27, 2020
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is being put on a war footing as it prepares to be thrown into the COVID-19 crisis. In an unprecedented five-page letter to the troops, defence chief Gen. Jonat...
Mar 27, 2020
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has released its latest weekly data on influenza, and it shows the number of flu-related deaths in the province has surpassed last year's total.According to the update re...
Mar 27, 2020
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has rejected calls to fire his health minister for threatening to sic legislature security on a private citizen and berating a physician in front of his family....
Mar 27, 2020