Health

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

Central Zone reports 13 new cases of COVID on Tuesday

The Government of Alberta has released its report on COVID-19 for Tuesday, July 14.86 new infections were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 8,912. Of those, 701 cases are still acti...

Jul 14, 2020

Death Cafés address changing global landscape amid COVID-19

Death isn't an ideal subject matter for most people to discuss with strangers over tea and cake, but two central Alberta women say the topic is as appropriate now as it's ever been.They say Death Cafs...

Jul 12, 2020

Minister doubts survey suggesting 40 per cent of Alberta doctors have considered leaving province

CALGARY - A survey by the Alberta Medical Association suggests more than 40 per cent of the province's physicians have at least considered looking for work elsewhere in Canada.The group blames the pot...

Jul 10, 2020

Red Deer with four active COVID-19 cases

There are now four active cases of COVID-19 in Red Deer. That's one more than was reported for the city on Thursday, according to the latest numbers from Alberta Health. The number of active cases in ...

Jul 10, 2020

Winners drawn in 2020 Red Deer Hospital Lottery

The 2020 Hospital Lottery in support of the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation is officially in the books.This year's proceeds are going towards the purchase of ventilators to replace an aging invent...

Jul 10, 2020