Tag Archives: Health
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
Red Deer sees drop in active COVID cases but records another death
Red Deer saw a drop in its active COVID-19 case count on Sunday, but also recorded another death linked to the virus. The number of active cases in the city went from 911 on Saturday to 874 Sunday, a ...
May 09, 2021
Dozens gather at Whistle Stop Cafe to rally against health orders
MIRROR, Alta. - RCMP ticketed protesters leaving an anti-lockdown rally outside a central Alberta caf Saturday, after the establishment was closed by health officials earlier in the week.Despite pouri...
May 08, 2021
Red Deer over 900 active COVID-19 cases, Alberta surpasses 25,000
After a one-day drop on Friday for the first time since April 7, Red Deer's active COVID-19 case count rose on Saturday from 886 to a record 911. In the last week, the active caseload in the city has ...
May 08, 2021
Red Deer with 886 active COVID-19 cases, one new death
Red Deer saw its number of active COVID-19 cases take a slight dip on Friday, going from 894 to 886. Recoveries are up 64 to 3,923 as the total number of COVID-19 cases attributed to Red Deer rose 57 ...
May 07, 2021
Notley promises geothermal jobs, hospital expansion for Red Deer
Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley says an expansion of geothermal energy drilling in central Alberta and construction on the Red Deer Regional Hospital expansion would be among the top priorities of a ...
May 07, 2021
New restrictions limit golf in Alberta to single-household or close contacts
Alberta's latest public health restrictions take a slice out of who you can head out with for a round of golf. A statement from the National Allied Golf Association (NAGA) Alberta on Thursday explaine...
May 07, 2021
Alberta, Montana strike deal to vaccinate truckers
The governments of Alberta and Montana have signed a deal to vaccinate truck drivers who are required to cross the border between the two."Truck drivers have worked hard throughout the pandemic to kee...
May 07, 2021