Tag Archives: Health
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...
Nov 12, 2020
Red Deer Regional Hospital expansion expected to begin next fall
Final stages of planning are now underway to expand and upgrade Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC).A government spokesperson says construction on the $100 million expansion announced in Februar...
Nov 12, 2020
Alberta records 672 new COVID-19 cases, seven deaths
Alberta Health has announced that the province added 672 cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing Alberta's total to 35,545.Only a limited online update was provided Wednesday due to the Rem...
Nov 11, 2020
Alberta surpasses 8,000 active cases of COVID-19
Alberta added another 713 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday to bring the overall total to 34,873.The number of tests completed over the past 24 hours, along with the number of people tested, remains unavai...
Nov 10, 2020
'Circuit breaker': Alberta considering options as COVID-19 cases continue to surge
EDMONTON - Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province is considering a short, but sharp economic lockdown that would act as a "circuit breaker'' to help reverse a recent spike in COVI...
Nov 10, 2020
Festival of Trees closes to public due to COVID-19 concerns
Organizers with Festival of Trees in Red Deer say they have made the difficult decision to close this year's event to the public due to the current rise of COVID-19 cases in the province. The event sc...
Nov 10, 2020
Red Deer now with 94 active cases of COVID-19
The steady rise in the number of active COVID-19 cases in Red Deer continues. After technical issues with Alberta's Health website prevented local updates from being available for about a week, Monday...
Nov 09, 2020
Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Nov. 9
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...
Nov 09, 2020
Trudeau says he hopes to see COVID-19 vaccines roll out in Canada in early 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hopes to see COVID-19 vaccines roll out in Canada early next year, but warns that won't bring an immediate resolution to the pandemic currently seeing a resurgenc...
Nov 09, 2020