Health

Canada's top doctors warn escalating COVID-19 variant spread threatens third wave

OTTAWA - Canada's top doctors say COVID-19 infections appear to be on a downward trend but worrisome variants are posing an increasing threat to containing the pandemic.Chief Public Health Officer The...

Feb 12, 2021

St. Thomas Aquinas shifting to at-home learning

A Red Deer middle school is moving to at-home online learning due to a COVID-19 outbreak.Parents at St. Thomas Aquinas School were informed Friday that all grades will be shifting to online learning o...

Feb 12, 2021

Alberta goes to court in fight with Wood Buffalo over medical emergency dispatch

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is going to court to stop a northern municipality from unilaterally withdrawing from the provincial medical emergency dispatch system.Alberta Health Services and Albe...

Feb 11, 2021

Alberta sticking with provincial approach to public health restrictions

Alberta's chief medical officer of health says despite growing calls for a regional approach to lifting public health restrictions, the province will move forward on a provincial basis.Dr. Deena Hinsh...

Feb 11, 2021

Red Deer Olymel plant to stay open despite COVID outbreak

A spokesperson for Olymel says there will be no temporary shutdown at its Red Deer facility despite an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. Alberta Health confirms that as of Thursday there are 163 active cases...

Feb 11, 2021

Alberta's COVID-19 hospitalizations dip below 400, Red Deer's active cases rise to 326

Alberta confirmed 351 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday.That's out of 9,968 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about 3.5 per cent.The number of active cases in the province i...

Feb 11, 2021

Dr. Hinshaw shares COVID-19 update for Feb. 11

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 11, 2021

Sutter says Rebels ready for life at the rink, literally, this season

Yes, the Red Deer Rebels really are taking "life at the rink" to a whole new level. Pictures showing makeshift digs at the Westerner Park Centrium where players will be living during the upcoming abbr...

Andrew Snook Feb 11, 2021

Grizzlys forward wants extra year of junior hockey eligibility for over-agers

A push is on to allow 20-year-old junior hockey players an extra year of eligibility after missing out on their final year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Leading the charge is Olds Grizzlys forward Mali...

Feb 11, 2021

Deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada set to more than quadruple next week

OTTAWA - A month-long slowdown in Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the mi...

Feb 11, 2021