Health

2nd coronavirus vaccine shows early success in U.S. tests

For the second time this month, there's promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavir...

Nov 16, 2020

Active COVID-19 cases grow by 515 with 991 more reported Sunday

Alberta is reporting another 991 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.This after the province recorded a record one-day high of 1,026 cases yesterday.The number of active cases in the province rose by 515 ...

Nov 15, 2020

Alberta adds record 1,026 new COVID-19 cases Saturday

Alberta has recorded more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 in a single day for the first time. Numbers posted to the Alberta Health website Saturday afternoon show the province added 1,026 new cases o...

Nov 14, 2020

Local businesses understand need to limit COVID-19 spread

Some local businesses say they're willing to do their part after the provincial government's announcement of additional measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. Premier Jason Kenney said Thur...

Nov 13, 2020

Red Deer with 94 active COVID-19 cases heading into weekend

Alberta recorded another 907 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, according to Friday's online update from Alberta Health. The number of tests completed is unavailable as the province continues d...

Nov 13, 2020

Red Deer Public Schools opts out of Provincial Achievement Tests

After much discussion with Senior Administration, the Board of Trustees for Red Deer Public Schools have decided to opt out of Provincial Achievement Tests for the 2020/2021 school year as a result of...

Nov 13, 2020

Five more COVID-19 cases at Lindsay Thurber

Five more cases of COVID-19 have been identified among individuals at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. "To be clear, in the past week we have been made aware of nine individuals from our sch...

Nov 13, 2020

Alberta announces new, temporary measures to contain COVID-19 surge

Premier Jason Kenney says it's almost certain that Alberta has not yet seen the peak of the current increase of COVID-19 cases."Our rising community spread is putting our health-care system under real...

Nov 12, 2020

Teachers, union members call for more education funding to fight COVID-19 in schools

Over 80 teachers and union members gathered outside Education Minister Adriana LaGrange's Red Deer-North constituency office during the noon hour Thursday to call for more funding in addressing growin...

Nov 12, 2020

Alberta expected to announce stricter COVID-19 measures

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will be joining Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw for today's update on the COVID-19 situation in the province. This comes amid multiple reports that the p...

Andrew Snook Nov 12, 2020