Alberta COVID-19

Premier Danielle Smith has struck a committee to investigate how the Alberta government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has appointed former Reform Party leader Preston Manning to chair it. Smith said Thursday that Manning and…

With confidence that Alberta’s COVID-19 “numbers continue to decline rapidly,” Premier Jason Kenney announced the province will move forward to Step 2 of its reopening plan come Tuesday, March 1. The announcement was made during the…

Free rapid COVID-19 tests are hard — if not impossible — to come by if you’re a member of the general public in Alberta. While schools are supplying students and staff with some test kits and rapid tests have been available for…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 19, 2022 7:41 am …

Family physicians around Alberta have expressed serious concern about the province’s move to recommend self-reporting. On December 23, Alberta health officials restricted access to PCR testing to conserve supply and reserve…

One day after joining the premier, health minister and CEO of Alberta Health Services, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is scheduled to give another COVID-19 update Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Deena Hinshaw is set to speak…

On Tuesday, the health minister told Albertans planning to travel they would be able to download a new version of their COVID-19 vaccine record QR code the next day. But on Wednesday, updated QR codes were not yet available. The…

Canada’s coronavirus epicenters are shifting from dense urban zones to more rural or remote areas that have lower vaccination rates and fewer public health resources. Some of those areas were spared in earlier waves of the…

Leah Crawford was scheduled to have a hysterectomy on Sept. 15, but five days before her surgery, the Calgary woman learned it had been cancelled. Her procedure has since been re-scheduled for the end of January. “It’s just more…

Childbirth isn’t meant to happen in the intensive care unit. Ultrasounds to listen to a baby’s beating heart aren’t supposed to happen with an expectant mom who is unconscious. But Calgary obstetrician Dr. Stephanie Cooper said…