Health

Alberta reports 25 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday

Alberta is reporting one of its lowest single-day increases in COVID-19 cases in some time.As of Tuesday, April 7, a total of 1,373 Albertans have tested positive for the virus, according to Alberta H...

Apr 07, 2020

Zookeeper says same measures keep big cats safe from COVID-19 as people

A local zookeeper says their facility is using the same safety precautions around its animals as with people in a bid to keep them safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was learned on Monday that a ti...

Apr 07, 2020 Sheera is a resident of the Discovery Wildlife Park at Innisfail (Photo: Discovery Wildlife Park)

New visitor restrictions at Alberta's continuing care facilities

Alberta's chief medical officer of health is ordering a province-wide ban on visitors to long-term care centres, licensed group homes and other facilities as part of the ongoing work to limit the spre...

Apr 07, 2020 (Photo: CHAT News Today)

Made-in-Canada efforts on ventilators ramping up: Trudeau

The federal government has increased its made-in-Canada efforts on ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during his daily address Tuesday morning that the governm...

Apr 07, 2020

Trudeau provides COVID-19 update for April 7

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will share his latest update on the federal government's response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.Trudeau is to speak during a news conference scheduled to...

Apr 07, 2020

'Logan Boulet effect' continuing to save lives two years later

When Dave Kinsella anonymously donated one of his kidneys earlier this year, it didn't matter that he would never meet the recipient or that they would never know the person who saved their life.On th...

Apr 07, 2020 Dave Kinsella (middle) following his kidney donation surgery in Jan. 2020, with Tony Timmons (right) and Ryan McLennan, the man Kinsella had initially signed up to help. Timmons later donated a kidney to McLennan after Kinsella was determined to not be a match. (Supplied)

N-95 respirators and emergency relief on the way for Canada

OTTAWA - Coveted N95 respirators will continue to come to Canada from a Minnesota-based company while the country keeps rolling out a financial assistance program Tuesday. 3M says it will maintain its...

Apr 07, 2020

Non-medical masks can keep people with COVID-19 from spreading it, Tam says

OTTAWA - Wearing a simple cloth mask is a way for someone who might have COVID-19 without realizing it to avoid spreading the illness to others, Canada's top public-health doctor said Monday.Dr. There...

Apr 06, 2020

Kenney says Alberta's COVID-19 projection will include "very challenging numbers”

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will deliver a televised address Tuesday night where he will share projections regarding COVID-19 in Alberta."Albertans want to know the real numbers. So beginning...

Apr 06, 2020

RDC says “person within its community” tests positive for COVID-19

Red Deer College says someone associated with RDC has tested positive for COVID-19."Yesterday we learned of a person within our College community who has tested positive for COVID-19. Given the size o...

Apr 06, 2020