Tag Archives: Health

Clearview Public Schools hosting virtual COVID-19 Town Hall
Residents of east central Alberta are invited to join local communities for a virtual COVID-19 Town Hall meeting on May 11 at 8:00 p.m.Host communities include Stettler County, Stettler, Castor, Paint...
May 11, 2021

Alberta-based truck driver gives rave review to vaccine rest-stop in Montana
CONRAD, MT - Dennis Wickliffe is feeling great.The Alberta-based truck driver was one of the first the receive his COVID-19 vaccine at a rest-stop in Conrad, Montana on Monday, May 10.The roadside cli...
May 11, 2021

Other provinces looking at Saskatchewan's plan to tie COVID-19 vaccines to reopening
CALGARY - Neighbouring provinces are eyeing Saskatchewan's plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions in tandem with vaccination rates, but experts are warning the approach could lead some to a false sense of...
May 11, 2021

Vaccine confidence in Canada holds steady despite AstraZeneca safety concerns: poll
OTTAWA - A new Leger poll suggests Canadian confidence in COVID-19 vaccines is holding firm despite swirling confusion and concern about the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. It also suggests ...
May 11, 2021

Alberta to stop giving first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot as supply dwindles
OTTAWA - Alberta says it won't give out more first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the time being.A spokesman for the provincial health department says the decision was made because there ...
May 11, 2021

Students cook up special burger in support of Smiles Thru Lindsey
Throughout the month of May, purchase a "Big Smile" burger from Cilantro and Chive in Red Deer and $2 will be donated to the Smiles Thru Lindsey Foundation as part of cole Secondaire Notre Dame High S...
May 11, 2021

Red Deer down to 848 active COVID cases
Red Deer's active COVID-19 case count is down for a second day in a row. Monday's numbers from the province show the city with 848 active cases (797 per 100,000), down from 874 on Sunday and Saturday'...
May 10, 2021

Opposition, Ottawa, media looking for COVID disaster: Alberta justice minister
EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says a COVID-19 disaster is what the provincial Opposition, the federal government and the media "were looking for and want" in the province.Kaycee Madu, in Faceb...
May 10, 2021

Work underway on downtown addiction treatment facility
Work is now underway on turning a former nightclub in downtown Red Deer into a 40-bed drug and alcohol treatment and recovery centre.What was once the Lotus Nightclub at 4618 50 Ave. is being overhaul...
May 10, 2021

Canada to get two million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses as provinces expand rollouts
OTTAWA - Canada is scheduled to receive two million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week as provinces continue to ramp up their immunization efforts. The two million shots represent...
May 10, 2021