Tag Archives: Health
AHS closes down Whistle Stop Café
Alberta Health Services has closed down a central Alberta caf for repeatedly flaunting public health restrictions. A video livestreamed to the Whistle Stop Caf's Facebook page morning shows RCMP offic...
May 05, 2021
Pfizer vaccine approved for kids 12 to 15 years old
Health Canada says the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can now be given to kids as young as 12.The vaccine was previously authorized for anyone at least 16 years of age or older.A trial of more than 2,200 you...
May 05, 2021
Kenney to field questions on new COVID rules, looming hospital crisis
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and key members of his United Conservative cabinet are to provide more details and answer questions this morning on new COVID-19 health restrictions.A news conf...
May 05, 2021
Alberta confirms blood clot disorder death linked to AstraZeneca vaccine
EDMONTON - An Alberta woman in her 50s has died from a rare blood clot disorder after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The province's chief medical officer of health confirmed in a s...
May 04, 2021
Premier Kenney announces new COVID-19 restrictions
EDMONTON - Alberta will soon move all students to online learning and close restaurant patios, hair salons and tattoo parlours to combat an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases.Premier Jason Kenney says t...
May 04, 2021
Red Deer with 881 active COVID-19 cases
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Red Deer rose slightly on Tuesday. Updated data released by the province shows our city with 881 active cases, up 18 from Monday for a rate of 828 active cases p...
May 04, 2021
Retired dentist claims new evidence exposes authority's concern with overtreatment
A retired Red Deer dentist says he's found evidence the industry's governing body in Alberta has known of patient overtreatment concerns for years, prior to censoring his 2010 book bringing attention ...
May 04, 2021
Cargill supports STARS fleet renewal to save Canadian lives
The goal of renewing STARS' aging helicopter fleet is closer to becoming a reality, thanks to a $400,000 grant from Cargill. The grant will be used by the not-for-profit air ambulance organization to ...
May 04, 2021
Kenney to introduce new health restrictions in evening speech
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is to address Albertans tonight on new public health measures to try to arrest soaring COVID-19 case rates threatening to overwhelm the province's hospitals.Kenney's sp...
May 04, 2021
Kenney says new restrictions coming as Alberta opens vaccines to teachers, education and child care workers
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says more public health restrictions are likely to be announced Tuesday as the province begins vaccinating teachers, education and health workers for COVID-19. Kenney says...
May 03, 2021