Tag Archives: Health
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...
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