Category Archives: Alberta

Swallowing button batteries can cause serious injury, AHS warns
RED DEER - There have been several recent cases of young children swallowing button batteries in the Calgary, Edmonton, and other zones of Alberta Health Services (AHS), some of whom required hospital...
Mar 2, 2021

Province aims to clarify “confusing” gym rules
ollowing 24 hours of questions about what is defined as low-intensity and high-intensity physical activity, Health Minister Tyler Shandro said that distinction is up to each person.On Monday, the prov...
Mar 2, 2021

Feds invest $7.8 million for worker safety at prairie meat plants
WINNIPEG, MAN. -- Producers affected by the temporary closure of Olymel Pork Plant in Red Deer will be getting some help from the federal government. The plant remains closed due to a COVID outbreak, ...
Mar 2, 2021

AHS upgrading online immunization booking tool
AHS is upgrading its online immunization booking tool. This upgrade will temporarily prevent access to the booking tool from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 3. AHS says...
Mar 2, 2021

Calgary man pleads guilty in deaths of girlfriend, mother, stepfather
CALGARY - A Calgary man has admitted to killing his girlfriend, mother and stepfather in 2018. Prosecutor Shane Parker says Dustin Duthie pleaded guilty to the second-degree murders of Taylor Toller a...
Mar 2, 2021

Provincial government trumpets 'historic' health spending in latest budget
Premier Jason Kenney this morning highlighted his United Conservative government's "historic" investment in health care that will be made if last week's budget is passed in the legislature.If passed t...
Mar 2, 2021

Alberta Securities Commission launches awareness campaign for Fraud Prevention Month
Investment fraud is on the rise, and the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) wants to help bring awareness to it, as well as educate younger people on what they can do to prevent it.Incidents of fraud...
Mar 2, 2021

Alberta RCMP provides tips on how to spot a scam
EDMONTON - March is the Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association's (ACCPA) fraud prevention month. Each year, the ACCPA hosts events for Albertans to learn more about the ways in which fraudulen...
Mar 2, 2021

Alberta eases restrictions for libraries, indoor fitness centres
Some public health measures have been eased effective today in Alberta as the province "safely and cautiously" enters step two of its path forward."Today's announcement that we're moving into step two...
Mar 1, 2021

How Brooks went from over 1,300 active COVID cases to zero
BROOKS AB- In the city of Brooks, it's a new milestone. The city once hard-hit with one of the province's largest outbreaks now sits at zero active cases, and they have remained there for over a week....
Mar 1, 2021