Health

Lethbridge residents protest against unsanctioned drug injection site

LETHBRIDGE, AB - "I seriously think that we are on a very destructive path. This has got no great place to go other than more bad. I mean, how many more kids do we have to have needle pricks and have ...

Sep 29, 2020

Health Minister sees no evidence consolidating EMS dispatch will hurt response times

Alberta's health minister says he's seen no evidence that consolidating Red Deer's EMS dispatch services, along with services in three other municipalities, under the provincial system will be detrime...

Sep 28, 2020

More than 1,000,000 Albertans tested for COVID-19

Roughly one-quarter of Albertans have now been tested for COVID-19.Tyler Shandro, the province's health minister, shared Monday that more than one million people in the province have been tested for t...

Sep 28, 2020

Alberta COVID-19 update for Sept. 28

Alberta's chief medical officer of health will at home when she gives her latest update on the COVID-19 situation in the province. Dr. Deena Hinshaw shared on Twitter that she developed a sore throat ...

Sep 28, 2020

Alberta announces funding for COVID-related research

Seven researchers in Alberta will split $2.1 million as the province ramps up efforts to fight COVID-19.The researchers at the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta were chosen by a pane...

Sep 28, 2020

Alberta's top health official says province isn't in a second wave of COVID-19

EDMONTON - The province's chief medical officer of health says Alberta is not in a second wave of COVID-19, despite an increase in daily confirmed case numbers in recent weeks.Dr. Deena Hinshaw says s...

Sep 25, 2020

Education minister says having students in class best for children and parents

Alberta's Education Minister says students do better in classrooms and that COVID-19 numbers since in-person classes resumed show the province is doing a good job of handling the situation. That was A...

Sep 25, 2020

Alberta shares new health guidance for celebrating Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving less than three weeks away, the province has released new guidance for celebrating safely with family and friends."This year, I think we are all very much more aware than usual about...

Sep 25, 2020

Feds pledge $440 million to join international vaccine program

OTTAWA - Canada will spend $440 million to join an international program which is trying ensure COVID-19 vaccines aren't just hoarded by rich countries, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.But C...

Sep 25, 2020

Mayors urge health minister to cancel EMS dispatch consolidation

Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer was joined by her counterparts from Calgary, Lethbridge, and Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Edmonton on Thursday to renew their call in keeping integrated municipal ...

Sep 24, 2020