Alberta

Red Deer down to 288 active cases of COVID-19

Alberta added 341 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday with a positivity rate of 4.2 per cent and 8,142 tests completed.The number of active cases in the province is 4,649, up 10. Recoveries are up 330 t...

Mar 6, 2021

Turning Point officials optimistic for OPS funding extension

Officials with Red Deer's temporary Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) are hopeful their provincial funding will continue past the end of the government's budget cycle on March 31. Sarah Fleck, clinical m...

Andrew Snook Mar 6, 2021

Alberta adds 2 more COVID-19 deaths on anniversary of first case

Alberta added 411 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, and also marked one year since the first case of COVID-19 confirmed in the province.The one-day total is out of 10,559 test results for a positivity ...

Mar 5, 2021

Province plans additional 55,000 surgeries this year

More Albertans waiting to get surgeries might finally get the call.Through the new 2021 budget, the Alberta Government says there will be 55,000 more scheduled surgeries in the coming fiscal year than...

Mar 5, 2021

Olds College celebrating Alberta agriculture with live streamed event

Olds College has announced plans to celebrate the province's agriculture industry and the important role that it plays throughout the world.A Celebration of Alberta Ag, is a free two-hour live streame...

Mar 5, 2021

More seniors, adults to become eligible for COVID vaccines in March

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta made two announcements Thursday regarding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility. Health Minister Tyler Shando says that starting the week of March 15, the province will...

Andrew Snook Mar 4, 2021

Province touts Budget 2021's $143-million for health facilities

CALGARY, AB- Calgary's Foothills Hospital is receiving new priority health capital projects from Alberta's 2021 Budget.Foothills Medical Centre's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is being given $23...

Mar 4, 2021

Avalanche warning issued for Rockies near Alberta/B.C. border

CROWSNEST PASS, AB - Backcountry recreators are asked to avoid treacherous terrain.Avalanche Canada has issued a special public avalanche warning for several regions on both sides of the provincial bo...

Mar 4, 2021

Alberta extending second-dose immunization timelines

Alberta will join other provinces in adopting the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommendation to extend the period between first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine.Dr. Deena Hinshaw s...

Mar 3, 2021

Alberta increases continuing care funding in Budget 2021

The provincial government says Alberta seniors living in continuing care will benefit from an increase of more than $200-million in program funding as part of Budget 2021.In addition to an investment ...

Mar 3, 2021