Health

Province keeping close watch over variant COVID strains

Alberta's chief medical officer of health says they are closely watching how COVID-19 cases are trending, but there is no specific benchmark on how many variant cases need to be identified for the pro...

Feb 09, 2021

Red Deer with 281 active COVID-19 cases

Alberta confirmed 195 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.That's out of 7003 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about 3.2 per cent.The number of active cases in the province is ...

Feb 09, 2021

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Feb. 9

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...

Feb 09, 2021

Province expanding rapid COVID testing at care homes, developing workplace pilots

The Government of Alberta growing its COVID-19 testing capacity.Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced Tuesday that 36,000 staff in care facilities across Alberta will have regular rapid tests."I'm p...

Feb 09, 2021

Feds to require negative COVID-19 test at land borders

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.Trudeau says the new measure will kick in Feb. ...

Feb 09, 2021

Feds to require negative COVID-19 test at land borders

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting next week, anyone arriving in Canada by land will also need to show a recent negative COVID-19 test.Trudeau says the new measure will kick in Feb. ...

Feb 09, 2021

Alberta pastor charged after Sunday church services violated COVID-19 rules

EDMONTON, AB - The pastor of an Edmonton-area church that had been holding Sunday services with as many as 300 people has been charged with violating COVID-19 health rules.RCMP say James Coates of Gra...

Feb 09, 2021

City reviewing new provincial guidelines for sport activities

The City of Red Deer says it continues to review and assess the impact of the provincial government's surprise announcement on Saturday of changes to restrictions for children's team and school sports...

Feb 09, 2021

Mayor not letting up fight for local EMS dispatch service

Since a press conference held with three other mayors last week, Tara Veer says there have been more "absolutely staggering" examples proving that EMS dispatch consolidation is not in the best interes...

Feb 08, 2021

Mustard Seed's Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser goes ahead virtually

The 10th annual Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser put on by The Mustard Seed, like many fundraising events, has gone virtual this year.Though the actual date of the event is February 20, throughout...

Feb 08, 2021