Tag Archives: Health
Red Deer down to 655 active COVID cases
Alberta reported another 721 cases Monday out of 7,002 test results for a positivity rate of 10.3 per cent. There are 21, 288 active cases in the province, down 922 from Sunday.The number of Albertans...
May 17, 2021
Red Deer's drug treatment court to open by mid-2022
Planning work continues on establishing a new drug treatment court for Red Deer next year.Government officials say drug treatment courts help break the cycle of addiction-related crime by helping more...
May 17, 2021
Alberta sees record number of people in intensive care beds: health officials
The president and CEO of Alberta Health Services, the province's top doctor and the premier took turns emphasizing the seriousness of the COVID-19 situation in Alberta on Monday."Our health-care syste...
May 17, 2021
Red Deer Chamber to offer COVID rapid testing kits
The Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with the Alberta Chambers of Commerce and Government of Alberta to prove COVID-19 rapid testing kits to local businesses and non-profit orga...
May 17, 2021
Canada to get 4.5M vaccine doses as questions swirl around immunization effort
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive a large infusion of COVID-19 vaccines this week, even as questions swirl around how the immunization drive will be affected by the sudden departure of the man tasked ...
May 17, 2021
Premier Kenney, Dr. Hinshaw to update Albertans about COVID-19
Premier Jason Kenney will be joining Alberta's chief medical officer of health to deliver today's update on the COVID-19 situation in the province. Kenney and Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a news co...
May 17, 2021
Canada to get 4.5M vaccine doses as questions swirl around immunization effort
OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive a large infusion of COVID-19 vaccines this week, even as questions swirl around how the immunization drive will be affected by the sudden departure of the man tasked ...
May 17, 2021
Workers at Olymel, other meat packing plants receive COVID vaccine
Olymel says over half of the approximately 1,800 employees at its Red Deer pork plant received a COVID-19 vaccine over the course of three days last week.Spokesperson Richard Vigneault said this week ...
May 16, 2021
Red Deer drops back below 800 active cases
Red Deer's active COVID-19 case count dropped again on Saturday from 802 to 760.After hitting a record high active caseload of 911 last Saturday, that number has dropped 16.6 per cent.Recoveries sit a...
May 15, 2021
Red Deer down to 802 active COVID cases
The downward trend when it comes to Red Deer's active COVID-19 case count continues. Friday's numbers from the province show the city with 802 active cases. That's down from 835 on Thursday and 109 (1...
May 14, 2021