Health

First shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine arrives amid confusion over its use for seniors

OTTAWA - The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are set to arrive in Canada today as confusion persists over who should get it.Canada is to receive 500,000 doses of the vaccine, th...

Mar 03, 2021

Swallowing button batteries can cause serious injury, AHS warns

RED DEER - There have been several recent cases of young children swallowing button batteries in the Calgary, Edmonton, and other zones of Alberta Health Services (AHS), some of whom required hospital...

Mar 02, 2021

Province aims to clarify “confusing” gym rules

ollowing 24 hours of questions about what is defined as low-intensity and high-intensity physical activity, Health Minister Tyler Shandro said that distinction is up to each person.On Monday, the prov...

Andrew Snook Mar 02, 2021

AHS upgrading online immunization booking tool

AHS is upgrading its online immunization booking tool. This upgrade will temporarily prevent access to the booking tool from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. in the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 3. AHS says...

Mar 02, 2021

Red Deer with 459 active COVID-19 cases as Olymel numbers continue to drop

There continues to be a steady decrease in the number of active cases linked to the COVID-19 outbreak at Olymel in Red Deer. Alberta Health says that as of Tuesday there are 91 active cases from the o...

Mar 02, 2021

Shandro, Hinshaw share COVID-19 update for March 2

Alberta's health minister and chief medical officer of health are set to provide the latest update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Tyler Shandro and Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak during a new...

Mar 02, 2021

Survey reveals top COVID concerns of Red Deerians

The economy, social and health issues were the top COVID-19-related concerns raised by Red Deerians in a recent survey commissioned by The City of Red Deer.The online survey conducted in December by t...

Mar 02, 2021

St. Joseph High School goes back to online learning

For the second time in as many months St. Joseph High School in Red Deer has gone to online learning due to the number of COVID-19 cases affecting the school's population. A letter to parents dated Fe...

Mar 02, 2021

Maskwacis sees significant drop in COVID cases

Officials with Maskwacis Health Services (MHS) are pointing to numerous factors in a significant drop of active COVID-19 cases in the community from the start of this year.Back on January 10, Maskwaci...

Mar 01, 2021

Alberta eases restrictions for libraries, indoor fitness centres

Some public health measures have been eased effective today in Alberta as the province "safely and cautiously" enters step two of its path forward."Today's announcement that we're moving into step two...

Mar 01, 2021