Tag Archives: Health
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
Red Deer doctor makes 'heart-wrenching' decision to move to B.C.
A Red Deer doctor says she is leaving for greener pastures in British Columbia.Dr. Lauralee Dukeshire says the "heart-wrenching" decision is based solely on actions of the Alberta Government, which ha...
Nov 09, 2020
Camp for developmentally disabled faces uncertain future after losing provincial funding
The future remains uncertain for a central Alberta camp tailored to meet the needs of adults with developmental disabilities.On Friday, officials with Camp L.G. Barnes near Bentley expressed their dis...
Nov 09, 2020
Pfizer says experimental COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective
Pfizer said Monday that early results from its coronavirus vaccine suggest the shots may be a surprisingly robust 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, putting the company on track to apply later this...
Nov 09, 2020
Province announces First Nations grant program to boost surgeries
The four Cree nations at Maskwacis are included in a new Indigenous stream grant program that allows it to develop a proposal to be a part of Alberta's plan to reduce surgical wait times in the provin...
Nov 08, 2020