Health

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

Surgeon says province's plan does little to reduce surgical wait times in Red Deer

A local surgeon says a plan announced Wednesday by the provincial government aimed at reducing surgical wait times in Alberta will have little impact in Red Deer. Alberta is spending $100 million to u...

Mar 04, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

WATCH: Province announces plan to reduce surgical wait times

The provincial government has announced $100 million in capital funding aimed at reducing surgical wait times in Alberta.The province says the investment will help hospitals across the province upgrad...

Mar 04, 2020

PM creates COVID-19 cabinet committee to deal with novel coronavirus

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but now has spread around the world. The COVID-19 cabinet c...

Mar 04, 2020

Kenney says frustrating coronavirus stifling oil and gas economy

EDMONTON - Alberta's premier says it's frustrating to see his government doing everything it can to grow the economy only to watch global oil prices fall due to reduced demand tied to the no...

Mar 02, 2020

Feeling Deflated?

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Stephanie Staples Mar 01, 2020

Construction underway on new continuing care facility in Red Deer

The official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Points West Living continuing care facility in north Red Deer took place on Friday.The expansion of the existing facility along Taylor Drive north of 6...

Feb 28, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Dan Hermanutz)

Surgeon says $100 million for Red Deer hospital expansion “a good start”

A local medical professional who's helped lead local advocacy efforts for Red Deer hospital expansion says Wednesday's announcement by the provincial government is a good start. Premier Jason Kenney a...

Feb 26, 2020