Tag Archives: Health
Open Wide!
Sometimes our brains are so used to seeing things the same way that we have always seen them, the way we were taught long ago or the way other people see them. If the way you are viewing a situation i...
Jun 19, 2019
Patient info stolen during break-in at Red Deer Regional Hospital: AHS
Alberta Health Services says it is notifying thousands of people after patient information was stolen during a break-in at Red Deer Regional Hospital. In late April, AHS says two hard drives were stol...
Jun 17, 2019
Walk to End ALS raises more than $70,000 in Red Deer
The Walk to End ALS took place in a number of Alberta cities over the weekend.At Great Chief Park in Red Deer, the event raised over $70,000 for research and programming for patients.Marni Halwas, Man...
Jun 16, 2019
Relay for Life raises $60,000 for cancer research
Cancer survivors and their friends and family once again participated in the local edition of Relay for Life on Saturday.The event took place at CrossRoads Church.Full totals haven't been tallied, but...
Jun 16, 2019 (Kael Clark)
Hospice expansion set for completion this fall
Construction and fundraising for the expansion of the Red Deer Hospice has officially reached the halfway mark. The hospice has raised $2.6 million of its $5.2 million goal with exterior finishing and...
Jun 15, 2019 Val Hilario, Expansion Fundraising Coordinator, Red Deer Hospice Society. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
AHS warns against hantavirus
CALGARY - Albertans are reminded to take simple steps to protect themselves from hantavirus, a potentially fatal illness that primarily affects the lungs/respiratory system.Hantavirus is caused when h...
Jun 14, 2019
Local school boards lobbying for mental health funding
Trustees for Red Deer Public Schools and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools are teaming up to press the province for more funding for mental health initiatives.They will be doing so by sending a lette...
Jun 12, 2019
Citizens shore up trash deposited in local waterways
Just 24 hours after World Oceans Day, Red Deerians took to their city's trails, creeks and river to take part in the annual Red Deer River Cleanup.Put on by the Kerry Wood Nature Centre and Waskasoo E...
Jun 09, 2019 The Watts family did their part on Sunday during the Red Deer River Cleanup. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Walk for Common Ground urges Albertans to honour treaty responsibilities
A committed group of around 30 people made it to Red Deer Friday, marking the halfway point of a walk from Edmonton to Calgary which urges Indigenous and non-Indigenous persons alike to find what brin...
Jun 08, 2019 Amy Peters (left), Faika Satterthwaite (centre) and Anita Crowshoe are three of about 30 participants in the Walk for Common Ground. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Local student takes mental health and wellness initiative one step further
A local Red Deer student has taken her school's focus on mental health and wellness issues above and beyond the call of duty.Elena Carritt, 9, is a Grade 3 student at St. Martin de Porres School. Afte...
Jun 08, 2019 Elena Carritt, 9, is a Grade 3 student at St. Martin de Porress School in Red Deer and taking her school's focus on mental health and wellness issues one step further for the benefit of her peers and community.