Health

Alberta updates next phase of COVID-19 rapid testing

CALGARY, AB - Preparing for an expected increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions, Alberta is expanding rapid, point-of-care testing across the province.On Dec. 18, the testing will be ...

Dec 17, 2020

Advocates share fear of worsening overdose crisis in 2021, want national safe supply

VANCOUVER - With overdose deaths rising across Canada, advocates for drug users are calling for the implementation of a national safe supply program as part of an effort to save lives. Failing to do s...

Dec 17, 2020

Dr. Hinshaw says COVID-19 vaccines safe and effective

Alberta's chief medical officer of health is insisting that the COVID-19 vaccine now beind delivered in the province is safe despite the short amount of time it took to develop and approve.Dr. Deena H...

Dec 16, 2020

Red Deer with 417 active COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday

Alberta reported another 1,270 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.That's out of 17,569 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 7.2 per cent.The number of active cases in the provi...

Dec 16, 2020

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Dec. 16

Alberta's chief medical officer of health is set to provide her latest update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Yo...

Dec 16, 2020

'Feisty' Calgary infant gaining weight and alert after recovering from COVID-19

CALGARY - When five-day-old Nora Forrest was first hospitalized with COVID-19, her parents didn't know if she would survive. "We weren't sure that we're bringing her back home or we're going to bring ...

Dec 16, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Front-line workers named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year by editors

VANCOUVER - Shortly after COVID-19 reached Canada, the meaning of "essential work" began to crystalize as people like nurses and grocery store clerks remained on the job at great risk to themselves an...

Dec 16, 2020

Local woman launches online fundraiser for Red Deer Hospice Society

An online fundraiser for the Red Deer Hospice Society is garnering significant traction in only its first week.Organizer Petra Kitteringham says the New Year's Eve Non-Event has already pulled in over...

Dec 15, 2020

COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Alberta, new outreach programs announced

The first COVID-19 vaccinations in Alberta are now happening.Sahra Kaahiye, a respiratory therapist at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, and Tanya Harvey, an intensive care nurse at th...

Dec 15, 2020

Red Deer with 409 active COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday

Alberta reported another 1,341 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.That's out of 16,353 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of 8.2 per cent.The number of active cases in the provinc...

Dec 15, 2020