Health

Province adds 10 more COVID deaths, 54 in last week

Red Deer now sits at 495 active cases of COVID-19, up just three from Thursday, and up from 393 a week ago.The city's total number of recorded cases is up 40 to 6,689, while recoveries are up 37 to 6,...

Sep 10, 2021

Alberta adds 18 COVID-linked deaths in one day

As of initial writing, Alberta Health's reporting of COVID-19 statistics for Sept. 8 is delayed.However, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, shared on Twitter just after...

Sep 08, 2021

Poll: majority of Canadians favour vaccine passport for non-essential places

A new poll suggests eight out of 10 Canadians backed the notion of a COVID-19 vaccine passport in the days leading up to this week's rollout of a certificate system in Quebec and news that Ontario wou...

Sep 03, 2021

Are Hot Dogs Are Doing Joey Chestnut Dirty?

Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! BION of the Week Ripley's is constantly on the hunt to find the strangest Believe It or Not! stories, or BIONs, to share with our fellow fans of the bizarr...

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Aug 27, 2021

176 of 221 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19 are unvaccinated

Red Deer now sits at 146 active cases of COVID-19, up nine since Thursday.The city's total number of recorded cases is up 18 to 5,995, while recoveries are up nine to 5,806.Red Deer's death toll stemm...

Aug 20, 2021

Central Zone tops 13% testing positivity over last day

*Editor's note: The province released daily data on Tuesday, Aug. 17, but rdnewsNOW did not publish an update. Data below is primarily presented as a two-day change.There are 118 active cases of COVID...

Aug 18, 2021

60% of eligible Red Deerians fully vaccinated, province at 67.9%

Red Deer has 96 active cases of COVID-19, up 11 from Friday's update.Recoveries are listed at 5,783, up 15, as Red Deer added 26 new COVID cases over the last three days for a total of 5,922.Red Deer'...

Aug 16, 2021

Red Deer with 85 active cases of COVID-19, most since June 16

Red Deer now sits at 85 active cases of COVID-19, up nine since Thursday.The city's total number of recorded cases is up 12 to 5,896, while recoveries are up three to 5,768.Red Deer's death toll stemm...

Aug 13, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine to be mandatory for federal employees, many travellers

Ottawa will require federal employees, workers in federally regulated industries and many travellers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, marking an "evolution" in the government's position on vaccine m...

Aug 13, 2021

Central Zone hits one-day 11.05% positivity rate

Red Deer now has 76 active cases of COVID-19, up seven from Wednesday.Recoveries rose two to 5,765, as the total number of COVID-19 cases attributed to Red Deer rose by nine in the last day to 5,884. ...

Aug 12, 2021