Health

Report finds decline in shelter use for women fleeing violence during pandemic

EDMONTON, AB - Families living in violence are reaching out less to shelters during the COVID-19 pandemic than before the health crisis hit.That's according to the 2020 Shelter Snapshot from the Alber...

Dec 09, 2020

COVID-19 impacting child and family poverty in Alberta

EDMONTON, AB- The Alberta College of Social Workers, the Edmonton Social Planning Council and Public Interest Alberta have released their report on the state of child and family poverty in Alberta.Aro...

Dec 09, 2020

Health Canada approves first COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, paving the way for vaccinations to begin countrywide next week.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday Canada's upd...

Dec 09, 2020

Alberta announces additional support for businesses impacted by new COVID-19 restrictions

EDMONTON - The provincial government is expanding its relaunch grant to help small and medium-sized job creators impacted by new COVID-19 restrictions announced Tuesday.The province is expanding and i...

Dec 08, 2020

Red Deer with 373 active COVID-19 cases

Alberta reported another 1,727 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.That's out of 19,109 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of nine per cent.There are now 20,388 active cases in the pro...

Dec 08, 2020

Business closures, mask mandate among Alberta's new COVID-19 restrictions

The Alberta government has announced a series of tough new measures aimed at curbing the steep rise in COVID-19 cases in the province. Chief among the measures are a mandatory province-wide mask weari...

Dec 08, 2020

A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans

The federal government says the largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history could begin as early as next week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa expects to receive up to 249,000 doses...

Dec 08, 2020

Kenney, Shandro and Schweitzer to join Hinshaw for latest COVID-19 update

Alberta is expected to announce stricter measures aimed at curbing the surging number of COVID-19 cases in the province. A news conference is scheduled for 4 p.m. today (Tues. Dec. 8) featuring Premie...

Dec 08, 2020

Rocky council defeats motion to explore mandatory masking bylaw

Despite rising case numbers of COVID-19 in the community, Rocky Mountain House town council has chosen not to consider a mandatory face coverings bylaw at this time. The decision was made during a reg...

Dec 07, 2020

Normandeau School suspending in-person classes due to rising COVID-19 cases

A school in north Red Deer is suspending in-person learning due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases affecting its students and staff. Normandeau School principal Lisa Spicer told parents in a lette...

Dec 07, 2020