Health

Red Deer boy's leukemia battle featured on Times Square billboard

The family of a young Red Deer boy battling leukemia is hoping their son's recent appearance on the Times Square billboard in New York City will help raise support and awareness of childhood cancers.J...

Aug 20, 2020

Hinshaw decries COVID-19 shaming as Alberta records 103 new cases

Alberta reported an additional 103 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday to bring the province's total to 12,604.The number of active cases is listed as 1,084, a decrease of 23, while the number of recoveries...

Aug 20, 2020

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for August 20

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...

Aug 20, 2020

13 Red Deer Olymel employees test negative for COVID-19

Officials with Olymel say all 13 of the employees at their Red Deer pork processing facility who were sent for COVID-19 tests after another worker tested positive have been cleared to return to work. ...

Aug 20, 2020

Village Mall Walk-In Clinic to reopen Saturday

A medical clinic in north Red Deer is set to reopen nearly two weeks after the tragic and shocking death of one of its founding physicians. Dr. Walter Reynolds died after he was attacked by an armed m...

Aug 20, 2020

Alberta Teachers' Association calls on province to delay start of school year

EDMONTON - The Alberta Teachers' Association is calling on the Kenney government to delay the start of the school year until after Sept. 7, Labour Day.Association president Jason Schilling made the an...

Aug 20, 2020

Central zone see big drop in active COVID-19 cases, additional death

Alberta is reporting 82 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total to 12,501. Updated numbers on the provincial website show 11,167 recovered cases, an increase of 142, and 1,107 active ca...

Aug 19, 2020

Worker at Tim Hortons/7-Eleven in Gasoline Alley tests positive for COVID-19

Tim Hortons and 7-Eleven Canada are notifying customers who may have visited their store/restaurant at 45 Gasoline Alley East that one of their employees has a confirmed case of COVID-19. "7-Eleven Ca...

Andrew Snook Aug 18, 2020

Central zone adds two new active COVID-19 cases

Alberta is reporting 89 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the province's total to 12,419.Dr. Deena Hinshaw explained that Monday's update contained erroneous reported of 74 cases ...

Aug 18, 2020

Mask wearing will not be made mandatory in Rocky Mountain House

Rocky Mountain House town council has chosen not to make the wearing of face coverings to prevent COVID-19 spread in the community mandatory.Council discussed the hot button topic at their meeting thi...

Aug 18, 2020