Health

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

Security issue identified with Alberta's COVID-tracing app

LETHBRIDGE - iPhone users should be aware of a potential security risk with the province's contact tracing app for COVID-19.The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (OIPC) rel...

Jul 09, 2020

Central Zone with 11 active COVID-19 cases

The number of active COVID-19 cases in the Central Zone nearly doubled on Thursday, going from six on to 11. Two of the new active cases are in Red Deer County, while the city of Red Deer now has thre...

Jul 09, 2020

Canada not ready for second wave of COVID-19, Senate committee says

OTTAWA - A new report from a committee of senators says the country is ill-prepared to handle a second wave of COVID-19. The Senate's social affairs committee says the federal government needs to pay ...

Jul 09, 2020

Have You Been Overworking With 10,000 Steps A Day?

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Many Americans have made packing in 10,000 steps a day a part of their regular fitness routine. Countless fitness trackers and apps laud the importance of ...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Jul 09, 2020

Central Zone with six active COVID-19 cases

Alberta is reporting 46 new cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours to bring the province's total to 8,482.The number of active cases across the province is 608, which are 12 fewer than Tuesday, and ...

Jul 08, 2020

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