Health

Alberta updates COVID-19 numbers for July 7

Alberta has reported 47 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 8,436.There are 620 active cases in the province, an increase of 13 since Mond...

Jul 07, 2020

Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre to begin reopening July 20

RDC has announced that the gradual re-opening of certain spaces within the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre will begin July 20. The Collicutt Performance Fitness Zone and Border Paving Running Track...

Jul 07, 2020

'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later

CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...

Jul 06, 2020

Province tables bill to improve Alberta’s health care system

EDMONTON - The provincial government has introduced legislation aimed at boosting the public health care system in Alberta.The province says Bill 30, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, will strengthen...

Jul 06, 2020

Sundre hospital services remain at full despite doctors’ departure: AHS

SUNDRE - Alberta Health Services maintains there will be no gaps in physician coverage at Sundre Hospital and Care Centre (HCC), or any changes to patient care, after eight doctors in the community re...

Jul 03, 2020

Alberta updates COVID-19 numbers for July 3

Alberta has reported another 57 cases of COVID-19 while the number of active cases in the province has risen by 30 to 572. Friday's updated numbers from the province show 7,532 people in Alberta have ...

Jul 03, 2020

City attends to 57 urban encampments in June

The City of Red Deer tackled a backlog of urban encampments last month caused by COVID-19.The City was forced to take a six-week hiatus from cleaning up camps while tending to the start of its pandemi...

Jul 03, 2020

Alberta records 94 new COVID-19 cases over past two days

7,505 Albertans have now recovered from COVID-19 according to the province's chief medical officer of health. There are currently 542 active cases in the province as of Thursday. Dr. Deena Hinshaw say...

Jul 02, 2020

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for July 2

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 02, 2020

Hockey Alberta announces Return to Hockey Plan

RED DEER - Hockey Alberta released its Return to Hockey Plan on Tuesday, providing the framework and minimum standards for its members to undertake hockey activities as they return from the COVID-19 p...

Jul 02, 2020