Health

MLA Stephan talks Budget 2020 with Chamber members

The MLA for Red Deer-South says the province may have to revisit some of its numbers in the wake of a major drop in oil prices.However, Jason Stephan told an audience of 65 at a Red Deer and District ...

Mar 10, 2020 Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan addresses members of the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning to talk about Budget 2020 released on Feb. 27. (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)

Seven new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Alberta

Alberta's chief medical officer of health has announced seven new cases of novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.This means there are now 14 confirmed cases in Alberta, with all of them trav...

Mar 10, 2020 An illustration of COVID-19. (Associated Press)

WHL makes protocol changes to mitigate COVID-19 spread

The Western Hockey League is taking steps aimed at mitigating potential spread of COVID-19. In an effort to minimize contact, the WHL is advising all its clubs and officials to follow a number of reco...

Mar 10, 2020

Province ending Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment program

CALGARY - An Alberta pilot program meant to help some of the toughest-to-treat opioid users will end in a year.The Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment grant, announced under the former NDP government,...

Mar 09, 2020

Canada funds development of COVID-19 'lab-in-a-box'

OTTAWA - Canadian researchers are developing a "lab-in-a-box" that could make it cheaper and faster to diagnose cases of the novel coronavirus, particularly in remote areas of the world.The project re...

Mar 07, 2020

Alberta chief medical officer provides COVID-19 update

Alberta's chief medical officer of health has confirmed the province's second presumptive case of novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.The individual is a man in his 40s who lives in the Ed...

Mar 06, 2020

Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Kenney

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023....

Mar 06, 2020

Local stakeholders react to province's supervised consumption sites report

A growing risk to safety and increased needle debris are front and centre in the newly-released report on the social impacts of supervised consumption sites in Alberta.The report, which Associate Mini...

Mar 05, 2020 Red Deer's temporary overdose prevention site (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Alberta reports first presumptive case of novel coronavirus

Alberta's chief medical officer of health has confirmed the province's first presumptive case of novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19.The individual is a woman in her fifties who lives in t...

Mar 05, 2020 The Grand Princess cruise ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge as it arrives from Hawaii in San Francisco Feb. 11, 2020. A Calgary area woman believed to have contracted novel coronavirus was aboard the ship and is now recovering at home. (Scott Strazzante/The Associated Press/San Francisco Chronicle)

WATCH: Province releases report on supervised consumption services in Alberta

CALGARY - A report says the social impacts of supervised drug consumption sites in Alberta include increased needle debris and a growing risk to public safety in surrounding neighbourhoods.Associate h...

Mar 05, 2020