Tag Archives: Health
A Better World Canada celebrates 30 years of helping children
In 1990, two friends, Eric and Brian, wanted to invest $5,000 in a development project.They and a handful of others decided to pay for reconstructive surgery for 15 children in Kenya, enabling those c...
Dec 31, 2020
AHS not announcing 2021 New Year’s babies amid COVID restrictions
New Year's babies won't enter the world with as much pomp and circumstance as in years past.Alberta Health Services (AHS) said that given the current restrictions in place at healthcare facilities and...
Dec 31, 2020
55 Alive – Don’t do this Challenge!
My Inchipinchi (my bestie) and I are starting a challenge for the new year and I know I’m probably going to get a lot of flak for this and it is going to be overwhelming for many of yo...
Dec 30, 2020
Red Deer down to 277 active COVID-19 cases
Alberta reported 1,287 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. That's out of 14,741 test results in the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 8.7 per cent.Across the province, there are 14,555 active cas...
Dec 30, 2020
Wearable tech a defence against COVID-19 in world junior tournament "bubble"
What looks like a thin pack of gum is attached to Braden Schneider's event credential at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. It's a beacon providing both contact-tracing capability shoul...
Dec 30, 2020
Blood donations key in Red Deer man's fight with Leukemia
Before 2018, Michael Wark didn't fully grasp the importance of giving blood - because it hadn't affected him personally. No one in his family had been in a traumatic accident, and to his knowledge no ...
Dec 29, 2020
Red Deer among first Alberta communities to receive Moderna vaccine
Premier Jason Kenney announced Tuesday that Alberta has received 16,900 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and Red Deer will be one of the first communities to get it.Kenney said shipments of the v...
Dec 29, 2020
Red Deer with 296 active COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday
Alberta reported another 872 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. That's out of 11,006 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 7.9 per cent.There are now 14,785 active cases in Alberta, ...
Dec 29, 2020
Kenney, Shandro to share COVID-19 update
Alberta's premier and health minister will deliver an update Tuesday afternoon on the province's response to COVID-19. Jason Kenney and Tyler Shandro are to speak at a news conference scheduled to beg...
Dec 29, 2020
'If not now, then when?' COVID-19 spurs some Canadians to make big changes
TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of Canadians across the country, causing many to lose their jobs or businesses, or to adapt to a new life spent mostly at home. Some are leaning i...
Dec 29, 2020