Health

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

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