Four more people tested positive for COVID-19 in St. Albert on Thursday, bringing the number of active cases in the city to 10 people. That's a relatively big jump considering St. Albert recorded zero cases on Aug. 4. Six days later, the city recorded one new case; the next day,...
Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says all teachers and school staff across the province should get tested for COVID-19 before students return to classrooms in September. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says they should make arrangements to be tested at least once before schools reopen then regularly throughout the school year. Hinshaw...
Ontario announced 78 new cases of COVID-19, but the Ministry of Health also noted that Toronto Public Health’s statistics were not part of the daily update. The region has had the most cases throughout the pandemic of the province’s 34 public health units. The update continues Ontario’s trend of...
British Columbia health officials announced 78 new COVID-19 patients on Thursday, a day after they had recorded 85 cases. The 163 cases are the most the province has ever reported in a two-day stretch since the start of the pandemic. In B.C., there have been 4,274 total cases of...
Police believe Monday’s shocking killing of a doctor in north Red Deer was premeditated. Dr. Walter Reynolds died in hospital after he was attacked just after 11 a.m. Monday at the Village Mall Walk-In Clinic. Red Deer RCMP Supt. Gerald Grobmeier announced during a noon hour media conference on Tuesday that...
One year after the body of Kendara Ballantyne was discovered, her family is still looking for answers. They hosted a memorial walk on Thursday marking a year since her remains were located in The Pas. The walk started from the University College of the North, where her body was found, and...
Another date when people at the Cactus Club on Water Street may have been exposed to COVID-19 has been identified by Interior Health. Individuals who were at the bar of the Cactus Club, #1-1370 Water St., between 5 p.m. and midnight on Aug. 8 are asked to self-monitor themselves closely...
Alberta recorded 85 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, pushing the province's total case count to 11,772. Three more Albertans were also reported to have died of the coronavirus. Despite the increase active cases fell to 1,004, down by 86 from the prior day. 10,552 people are now listed as...
New cases of COVID-19 are being found in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, but active cases of the disease are beginning to drop. Manitoba reported four new COVID-19 cases August 11, but six more people were reported recovered from the disease, dropping the number of active Manitoba cases from 196 Monday to...
British Columbia's COVID-19 caseload continued to surge on Tuesday after health officials announced another 46 infections. The latest update from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix brings the total number of cases identified locally since the start of the pandemic to 4,111. The number of...