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Daily COVID cases in Alberta fall under four digits for the first time in weeks
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.721 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the...
May 17, 2021
War Amps video featuring Barnwell teen wins international awards
BARNWELL, AB - A video featuring a Barnwell teen has won a recent award.13-year-old Neveah Fehr is included in 'Neveah says PLAYSAFE!', a project led by The War Amps.The award-winning video featuring ...
May 16, 2021
Surgeries delayed at Chinook Regional Hosptial as COVID-19 hospitalizations increase
LETHBRIDGE, AB- Alberta Health Services is cancelling non-emergency surgeries at Chinook Regional Hospital (CRH) as staff are being pulled to the COVID-19 ICU unit. Nurses and respiratory therapists a...
May 14, 2021
Doctors note required for mask exemptions in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced today there have been too many people not wearing face masks in public places.In light of this, starting May 13, all Alber...
May 13, 2021
‘We did not unite around blind loyalty to one man:’ Kenney faces call to quit
EDMONTON - Simmering internal discontent within Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative caucus has boiled over into an open challenge to his leadership.Senior backbench member Todd Loewen, ...
May 13, 2021
Councillor Mauro leaves budget talks, calls process "flawed, unequal, unfair"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Things heated up in Lethbridge City Council Wednesday morning as one member left discussions about capital project funding halfway through.Serving as the Economic Standing Policy Comm...
May 12, 2021
Vaccines proving successful as two-millionth dose in Alberta to be administered: Kenney
LETHBRIDGE, AB - "We are in the home stretch now, more vaccines are arriving every day, and we are getting closer to widespread immunity."Premier Jason Kenney spoke with an optimistic tone during Tues...
May 11, 2021
Alberta to stop giving first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot as supply dwindles
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta says it won't give out more first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the time being. A spokesman for the provincial health department says the decision was made because...
May 11, 2021
AHS reports COVID death in Lethbridge, 33 new cases
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Monday, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.1,597 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing th...
May 10, 2021
All Albertans aged 12 and up now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
EDMONTON, AB- 68 per cent of Albertans are now eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Last week, eligibility expanded to Albertans aged 30 or older. As of Monday, May 10, that has grown to encomp...
May 10, 2021