Tag Archives: Health
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
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