Health

Alberta changing access rules for continuing care facility visits

Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly hard on people in continuing care facilities and their families, and that changes are being made.As of July 2...

Jul 16, 2020

Alberta reports more than 100 new COVID-19 cases

Alberta's daily count of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen above 100 for the first time in more than two months.Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported 120 new cases of the virus on Thursday. The last time the da...

Jul 16, 2020

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for July 16

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...

Jul 16, 2020

Development permit approved for revised Red Deer Dream Centre

Another step has been taken towards establishing a drug and alcohol treatment facility in downtown Red Deer.On Thursday, a revised development permit was approved by the City's Municipal Planning Comm...

Jul 16, 2020

Feds, provinces reach deal on funding for reopening from COVID-19

OTTAWA - The federal, provincial and territorial governments have reached a deal on billions of dollars in transfers to continue reopening economies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Jus...

Jul 16, 2020

Open Letter: Defunding Lethbridge supervised consumption service

Dear Honourable Minister and Associate Minister Shandro and Luan:Albertans for Ethical Drug Policy are disheartened and appalled by today's announcement to defund the supervised consumption service (S...

Jul 16, 2020

Province pulling funding from Lethbridge's supervised consumption site

LETHBRIDGE, AB - One of the busiest Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) in the world is losing its provincial government funding.The government of Alberta has halted funding to the Lethbridge SCS. The ...

Jul 16, 2020

Red Deer with 8 active cases, 37 recoveries in latest COVID-19 update

Alberta is reporting an additional 82 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. That brings the province's overall total to 8,994. The number of active cases in the province sits at 704, an increase of three, w...

Jul 15, 2020

U of Lethbridge researchers part of group to develop COVID-19 treatment

LETHBRIDGE, AB- University of Lethbridge researchers, in partnership with scientists at Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API), have received funding from MITACS to develop a drug to treat the SARS-C...

Jul 15, 2020

Alberta to build five "recovery communities" for mental health and addictions

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has announced the next step in their plan to address issues surrounding mental health and addictions.An investment of $25-million will support the creation of ...

Jul 15, 2020