Health

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

Red Deer remains with 499 active COVID-19 cases

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Red Deer as of Monday remains unchanged at 499 active cases.There have now been 2,269 recoveries, an increase of 17 as the total number of cases attributed to Re...

Mar 01, 2021

How Brooks went from over 1,300 active COVID cases to zero

BROOKS AB- In the city of Brooks, it's a new milestone. The city once hard-hit with one of the province's largest outbreaks now sits at zero active cases, and they have remained there for over a week....

Mar 01, 2021

Kenney, Hinshaw to provide COVID-19 update Monday afternoon

Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta is ready to "safely and cautiously" move to Step 2 of the province's relaunch.Kenney says measures are being eases for indoor facilities and libraries.However, change...

Mar 01, 2021