Health

Calgary daycare closed after child tests positive for COVID-19

CALGARY - A daycare in a downtown Calgary office tower has closed after a child tested positive for COVID-19.Suncor Energy spokeswoman Erin Rees says the Pump-Kin Patch Child Care Centre is closed unt...

Mar 12, 2020

COVID-19: What you need to know

With information about COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus, coming at an incredibly rapid pace it's easy to get lost in the muck.However, Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services have offered pl...

Mar 12, 2020

Trudeau goes into self-isolation over COVID-19

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife are in self-isolation over COVID-19 concerns, which has forced the cancellation of an in-person meeting of Canada's first ministers. The Prime ...

Mar 12, 2020

Wolf Creek, Chinook's Edge cancel school trips due to coronavirus concerns

Two local school districts are cancelling trips abroad due to growing global concerns over COVID-19 (coronavirus).Wolf Creek Public Schools has cancelled March international student trips from Alix-MA...

Mar 11, 2020 Jayson Lovell, Superintendent, Wolf Creek Public Schools

Central Alberta woman tests positive for coronavirus

A woman in her thirties from the Central zone is among the latest confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alberta. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, confirmed five new cases of nove...

Andrew Snook Mar 11, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health

Alberta eyes changes to help workers self-isolate during coronavirus outbreak

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government is looking at changing workplace rules to help workers who may need time off during the novel coronavirus outbreak.Kenney says the province ...

Mar 11, 2020

WHO declares COVID-19 crisis is now a pandemic

ROME - Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who hea...

Mar 11, 2020

Trudeau promises $1 billion for COVID-19 research, resilience

OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out a $1-billion funding package to help the country's health-care system cope with the increasing number of new coronavirus cases and to help Canadian worke...

Mar 11, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Tuesday March 10, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Federal government tables bill to ban conversion therapy

RED DEER - The Liberal government has introduced a bill that would outlaw conversion therapy in Canada. In their election platform, the Liberals called conversion therapy a scientifically discredited ...

Mar 10, 2020 Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan ( far left), NDP MP Randall Garrison (second from right) and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti (far right) look on as survivor Matt Ashcroft hugs Cheri DiNovo during an announcement on "eradicating" conversion therapy. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Doctors to voice concerns over healthcare changes at Innisfail forum

An Innisfail doctor is cautiously optimistic, but still skeptical regarding the government's willingness to listen to physician concerns over the province's health care plans laid out in Budget 2020.D...

Mar 10, 2020