Health

Notre Dame grad class hopes to raise $40,000 for mental health

Graduating students at cole Secondaire Notre Dame High School are hoping to raise $40,000 for their chosen charity, The Smiles Thru Lindsey Foundation, during their service project week. More is alumn...

Mar 11, 2021

Vaccine used in Alberta not linked to blood clot issue in Europe: Hinshaw

Alberta's chief medical officer of health says there is currently no indication that vaccination from some particular batches of AstraZeneca vaccine has caused blood clots among Albertans. Dr. Deena H...

Andrew Snook Mar 11, 2021

Alberta launches pilot program for rapid testing in schools

Starting in mid-March, rapid COVID-19 tests will be offered at two Calgary schools to help assess rapid on-site testing in schools.Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says more than 100,000 kits will ...

Mar 11, 2021

Red Deer couple first to receive COVID vaccine at Walmart pharmacy

A couple from Red Deer recently became the first people in Canada to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at a Walmart pharmacy. Joseph and Grace Brown received the vaccine from pharmacist Shaimaa Ali last week...

Mar 11, 2021

Red Deer’s active COVID-19 case count reaches four-month low

Red Deer's active COVID-19 case count has reached a four-month low.The latest update from the province shows there are 135 active cases in the city as of Thursday, a decrease of 26 over the past 24 ho...

Mar 11, 2021

LaGrange, Shandro, Hinshaw share Alberta's COVID-19 update for March 11

Alberta's education and health ministers will be joining the chief medical officer of health to provide the latest update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Adriana LaGrange, Tyler Shandro and ...

Mar 11, 2021

Red Cross called to assist with COVID outbreak at Drumheller Institution

A federal prison in Alberta has called in the Canadian Red Cross to help deal with a major COVID-19 outbreak.The Correctional Service Canada says on Tuesday there were 63 positive inmate cases at Drum...

Mar 11, 2021

Canada to mark national day of observance to commemorate those who died of COVID-19

OTTAWA - Canada will mark the one-year anniversary today of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic. Earlier this week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is to deliver a sta...

Mar 11, 2021

Hinshaw says COVID-19 variant cases rising, measures slowing spread

Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced another 47 new variant cases of COVID-19 in the province Wednesday, and the Central Zone now has 130 of the 734 total variant cases.But Alberta is doing better at slowing t...

Mar 10, 2021

Red Deer sees another COVID death, active cases down to 161

For the second time in as many days, Red Deer has recorded another death attributed to COVID-19. The latest death, a woman in her 80, occurred on March 8. The case included comorbidities. Meantime, th...

Mar 10, 2021