Health

Alberta expanding vaccine to meat-packing workers

EDMONTON, AB- The Alberta government is providing the COVID-19 vaccine to workers at meat-packing plants provincewide.This move comes after multiple outbreaks at meat-packing plants across the provinc...

Apr 26, 2021

Alberta auditor general finds CT and MRI tests confused, antiquated

The auditor general says Alberta's MRIs and other diagnostic imaging tests are plagued by poor communication and weighed down by handwritten forms and fax machines.Doug Wylie is urging doctors and the...

Apr 22, 2021

Canada to suspend flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days

OTTAWA - The federal government is suspending incoming passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next month as cases of COVID-19 surge in both countries.Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says, ...

Apr 22, 2021

Red Deer nears record with 544 active COVID cases, Alberta sees third-highest daily increase

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Red Deer has surged back past the 500-mark.Thursday's numbers from the province show 544 active cases in the city, up 61 from Tuesday's total of 483 (updated loc...

Apr 22, 2021

Alberta bill would protect health workers, care homes from some COVID-19 lawsuits

EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a bill to give legal protection to health workers and long-term care-home operators facing lawsuits over COVID-19.Richard Gotfried, a United Conservative backbencher,...

Apr 22, 2021

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for April 22

Alberta's chief medical officer of health is set to provide her latest update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Yo...

Apr 22, 2021

Expert says Saskatchewan should consider more targeted vaccine plan as variants surge

SASKATOON - Nazeem Muhajarine says he feels a sense of relief after receiving his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine last week at a centre in Saskatoon."It was just so well-organized and run. I felt com...

Apr 22, 2021

COVID outbreak at Bowden Institution

Mass testing and contact tracing is underway for staff and inmates at the Bowden Institution after a COVID-19 outbreak was declared at the facility on April 18.Officials with Correctional Service of C...

Apr 22, 2021

1,699 new COVID cases in Alberta Wednesday

EDMONTON, AB- Due to a technical problem, the government of Alberta has released only limited COVID-19 data for Wednesday, April 21.Over the past 24 hours, there were 1,699 new cases confirmed out of ...

Apr 21, 2021

Alberta introducing three hours of paid leave for workers getting COVID vaccine

LETHBRIDGE, AB - A financial barrier that has kept some people from getting vaccinated against COVID-19 has been removed.Minister of Immigration and Labour Jason Copping says the government will be in...

Apr 21, 2021