Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Mayor Peter Brown attended the McKee Home site dedication on Oct. 5 and congratulated students of the Building Futures program that will be working on homes during the next school year.

As the new 40th Avenue interchange draws closer to opening this October, commuters on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway are being warned they may need to have some additional patience in the coming month, as one lane on both the northbound and southboun

COVID-19 visitor restrictions that were currently in place at Alberta Health Services (AHS) facilities, including acute care, ambulatory care, urgent care, and emergency care sites have officially been rescinded.

The government announced Tuesday it is expanding its eligibility for a second COVID-19 booster to Albertans age 18 and up.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) has rescinded the Immunization of Workers for COVID-19 Policy, effective July 18. The policy initially required all AHS healthcare workers to be immunized against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.

“We continue to follow the data and make the best decisions on public health measures that we can, balancing the risk from the virus with the burden of public health measures,” Copping said during the press conference. “We’re entering a phase where the pandemic response can be de-escalated."

Wastewater levels show latest wave of COVID levelling off, says Alberta's Health Minister.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw was occupied with court testimony so Wednesday's regular update expected to take place Thursday.

Approximately 60 per cent of all COVID-19 cases identified through PCR testing in the province are the Omicron variant BA.2, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Wednesday. However there is no evidence that it causes more severe outcomes, despite a higher transmission rate.

Recent social media posts have fed into the notion that swabbing the throat with a COVID-19 rapid antigen test kit might yield more accurate results against the Omicron variant than only testing for virus in the nostrils.