Health

Kenney, Hinshaw, ministers give update on COVID-19 in Alberta

Premier Jason Kenney and officials will provide an update on COVID-19 in Alberta and the province's pandemic response.A news conference is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. You can watch it here once it begins....

Dec 15, 2020

Health foundation now accepting scholarship applications

Students pursuing a career in a wide variety of healthcare-related fields will soon be able to apply for educational funding available through Red Deer Regional Health Foundation's Annual Scholarship ...

Dec 15, 2020

Immediate need for blood donors to help patients this holiday season

Canadian Blood Services is calling on all eligible blood donors to support lifesaving care for patients over the holidays by responding to the immediate need to fill more than 15,000 open appointments...

Dec 15, 2020

Majority of Canadians support holiday lockdown to fight COVID-19: Poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians support the idea of a lockdown on non-essential businesses and services during the holidays to fight a surge in new COVID-19 cases across the count...

Dec 15, 2020

NewsAlert: COVID chosen Canadian Press news story of the year for 2020

TORONTO - The deadly virus that swept Canada this year dominated headlines as it killed thousands of Canadians, sickened tens of thousands of others and prompted profound social and economic dislocati...

Andrew Snook Dec 15, 2020

Community Resource Navigation Team helping families affected by pandemic

A helping hand is being extended to local families left feeling isolated by COVID-19.Family Services of Central Alberta (FSCA) recently launched its Community Resource Navigation Team to support area ...

Dec 14, 2020

Record daily number of COVID-19 cases in Alberta

The province's chief medical officer of health announced 1,887 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in Alberta over the past 24 hours, a new daily record. That's out of 20, 416 test results for a pos...

Dec 14, 2020

Nearly 30,000 Alberta health workers to get first COVID-19 vaccine dose by month's end

The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines will be in Alberta very soon, with more expected next week.The initial 3,900 doses of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine is expected in Alberta on Tuesday and will sto...

Dec 14, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ontario administers first COVID-19 vaccine in Toronto

TORONTO - Ontario has administered the provinces' first COVID-19 vaccination to a health-care worker from a Toronto nursing home.Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker at the Rekai Centre, receive...

Dec 14, 2020

Shandro, Hinshaw to give COVID-19 vaccine update

Provincial officials will provide an update today on the COVID-19 vaccine in Alberta.Tyler Shandro, Minister of Health, Paul Wynnyk, chair, COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, and Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief me...

Dec 14, 2020