Tag Archives: Health
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
Restrictions will lift once 75% of Canadians get 1 shot and 20% are fully immunized, feds say
Federal health officials are laying out their vision of what life could look like after most Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19.Canada's chief public health officer says the country may have "p...
May 14, 2021
Alberta non-profit taking on vaccine hesitancy
An Alberta based non-profit coalition is working to address COVID vaccine hesitancy and increase uptake.'19 to Zero' was part of a virtual town hall Tuesday for residents in Stettler County, Stettler,...
May 14, 2021
WHL's Goals For Mental Health raises nearly $20K
CALGARY, AB- He shoots, he scores, they give.The Western Hockey League announced Thursday that $19,455 was raised by Goals For Mental Health presented by RE/MAX, to help benefit the Canadian Mental He...
May 13, 2021
Province now requires medical exception letter for those unable to wear a mask
The Alberta Government is making changes to the mask exemption rules in the province.Chief Medical Health Officer Doctor Deena Hinshaw says to help prevent spread and to ensure people are masking appr...
May 13, 2021
Red Deer with 835 active COVID-19 cases
After a one-day blip on Wednesday, Red Deer's active COVID-19 case count was down again on Thursday. The latest numbers from the province show the city with 835 active cases, a drop of 23 over the pas...
May 13, 2021