Tag Archives: Health
Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update heading into long weekend
Alberta's chief medical officer of health is set to provide her latest update on COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. You can watch th...
Sep 04, 2020
Pandemic forces change of plans for local World Suicide Prevention Day event
September is Suicide Prevention Month and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, officials with Suicide Information and Education Services are hoping to let people know they are still here to support central ...
Sep 04, 2020
Alberta updating guidelines for continuing care facilities, casinos
As daily new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta continue to be in the triple digits, Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced changes to the public health guidance on casinos and racing entertainment centres and continu...
Sep 03, 2020
Active cases of COVID-19 up regionally and provincially
Alberta confirmed 130 new cases in its Thursday update and now has a total of 14,310 cases over the course of the pandemic. The province now has 1,415 active cases, up 12 from Wednesday, and 12,653 re...
Sep 03, 2020
Red Deer Public Schools welcomes federal funds to address COVID-19
Red Deer Public Schools has announced how they will be spending over $3.9 million in federal funding allocated by the province this week to help schools reopen safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Sep 03, 2020
Hinshaw: Recommendations based on overall health of all Albertans
Alberta's chief medical officer of health says easing distancing restrictions in the classroom is a widely-used practice in other provinces and countries as students return to schools this week.Dr. De...
Sep 03, 2020
Active COVID-19 cases up slightly in Central Zone and across province
Alberta is reporting 114 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours. That brings the total number of cases in the province as of Sept. 1 to 14,180.The number of active cases in Alberta now sits at 1...
Sep 02, 2020
Report highlights COVID-19's impact on Canadian children
CALGARY - A new report documents how Canadian children have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of Raising Canada 2020 reveal that many of the top threats to childhood, incl...
Sep 02, 2020
Alberta announces allocation for $262M in federal COVID-19 school funding
Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says federal funding to support school re-entry will flow to local school authorities as soon as possible. Last week the federal government announced Alberta would ...
Sep 02, 2020
COVID-19 numbers hold steady locally as provincial cases continue to rise
Alberta saw another sizeable jump in COVID-19 cases on Monday with 164 reported. That brings the total number of cases in the province to 14,066.The number of active cases in Alberta sits at 1,398, an...
Sep 01, 2020