Health

Nurses doing great job with COVID-19 testing

Thank goodness for amazing nurses.That's my biggest takeaway from getting tested for COVID-19 recently.My results came back negative, which was a huge relief on multiple levels, namely because I am im...

Jun 17, 2020

Red Deer leading province in fentanyl-related deaths

Red Deer has once again reclaimed the unfortunate title of having the province's highest rate of poisoning deaths related to fentanyl.According to Alberta Health's most recent Opioid Response Surveill...

Jun 16, 2020

Alberta updates COVID-19 numbers for June 16

The Government of Alberta has released its report on COVID-19 for Tuesday, June 16.Another 35 new cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 7,482. Of those, 449 cases are still a...

Jun 16, 2020

Federal government launches surplus food program

The federal government has announced the creation of the $50 million Surplus Food Rescue Program.Officials say the program aims to move surplus food commodities such as potatoes and other possible hor...

Jun 16, 2020

State of public health emergency over in Alberta

Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced Monday that Alberta's state of public emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has expired. "We've come a long way since the state of emergency was declar...

Jun 15, 2020

Alberta shares COVID-19 update for June 15

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...

Jun 15, 2020

Calls grow for Trudeau to end MSM blood donation ban

OTTAWA - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make people sick across Canada, health authorities are imploring Canadians to donate blood - all Canadians except men who have had recent sex with other ...

Jun 13, 2020

Hinshaw continues to urge vigilance as more COVID-19 cases found in younger adults

Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced 30 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta over the past 24 hours, and reminded Albertans that the virus is still with us.There are 386 active cases in the province, and 6,811 Alb...

Jun 12, 2020

Alberta shares COVID-19 update for June 12

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 t...

Andrew Snook Jun 12, 2020

Canadian expert says he is confident COVID-19 vaccine is months, not years away

OTTAWA - One of Canada's preeminent infectious disease experts says he is confident a vaccine for COVID-19 will be ready in months, not years. Dr. Gary Kobinger, director of the Research Cen...

Jun 12, 2020