Health

Red Deer seniors facility mourns loss of two residents to COVID-19

A seniors living facility in north Red Deer is mourning the loss of two of its residents from COVID-19. The deaths related to the outbreak at Points West Living are Red Deer's first from COVID-19. A w...

Dec 21, 2020

Red Deer with 415 active COVID-19 cases as of Monday

Alberta reported another 1,240 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.That's out of 18,306 tests for a positivity rate of about 6.8 per cent.The number of active cases now sits at 19,165, a decrease of 36.Th...

Dec 21, 2020

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Dec. 21

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 21, 2020

Province calls for travellers from United Kingdom to get tested for COVID-19

Alberta's chief medical officer of health is asking anyone in Alberta that has returned from the United Kingdom within the last 14 days to get tested for COVID-19.Dr. Deena Hinshaw is strongly encoura...

Dec 21, 2020

2nd COVID-19 vaccine authorized in US preparing to ship out

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. - Workers on Sunday began packaging shipments of the second COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S., a desperately needed boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under c...

Dec 20, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Canada passes 500,000 COVID-19 cases following Saskatchewan report

Canada has surpassed 500,000 cases of COVID-19 as infections continue to surge in several provinces.Saskatchewan pushed the country over the grim threshold today, with 252 new cases reported.Earlier i...

Dec 19, 2020

Alberta launches new system to track drug overdose deaths

The Government of Alberta is launching what it calls the most comprehensive opioid surveillance system in the country.Up-to-date data on deaths and EMS calls will now be shared monthly as opposed to t...

Dec 18, 2020

Red Deer records first death from COVID-19

Red Deer has recorded its first COVID-19 death. Friday's update from the province shows that the death of a woman in her nineties on Dec. 16 is linked to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Points Living Wes...

Dec 18, 2020

Penhold council asks premier, opposition to work together on pandemic response

Penhold town council wants Alberta's political leaders to put their partisan differences aside and work together to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.On Monday, council directed Town administration to ...

Dec 18, 2020

Moderna ends frozen requirements for vaccine, easing logistics of shipping

OTTAWA - American biotech firm Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine can now be shipped locally without it needing to be frozen at all. The messenger RNA vaccine from the Massachusetts-based company is on...

Dec 18, 2020