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Hospital ICUs in Calgary reach record high for COVID-19 patients

Alberta has made some major progress in the fight against COVID-19, with the number of daily new cases dropping significantly since the province reached its highest numbers during the pandemic …

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Alberta received shipment of 21,450 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines this week

Posted January 22, 2021 1:43 pm     Updated January 22, 2021 1:44 pm 1:05 Coronavirus: Over 1.1 million vaccine doses distributed across Canada WATCH (Jan. 21): Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, …

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Advocacy group sounding alarm on ‘extreme’ wait times for specialized mobility aids in Alberta

A newly formed advocacy group called Wheels of Change is sounding the alarm on Albertans with spinal cord injuries having to wait extreme periods of time to receive specialized wheelchairs …

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Health Matters: As more COVID-19 variants emerge, are Canadian labs doing enough to detect cases?

Health Matters January 21: As the coronavirus continues to evolve, more troubling variants are popping up in Canada — including 15 cases in Alberta. As Su-Ling Goh reports, some are …

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COVID-19 variants could be spreading across Canada. Are labs doing enough to detect them?

Canadian labs have detected about two dozen cases of concerning COVID-19 variants in our country so far. Read more: Community spread of new COVID-19 variants may be happening in Canada: …

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Alberta’s Dr. Hinshaw to provide COVID-19 update Thursday afternoon

Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to provide another COVID-19 update for Albertans on Thursday afternoon. The chief medical officer of health is scheduled to speak at 3:30 p.m. Her news …

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NHL fines Washington Capitals $100K for violating COVID-19 protocols

Alex Ovechkin and three other Washington Capitals players were added to the NHL‘s COVID-19 list Wednesday and the team was fined $100,000 by the league for violating coronavirus protocols, including …

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Alberta adds 669 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday

Alberta has begun giving second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine with priority for residents in long-term care homes, and Dr. Deena Hinshaw said adjustments are being made on the fly …

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N.B. man believed to be oldest Canadian-born man flooded with birthday cards

Letter carriers in the small New Brunswick town of Beaver Habour have had a busy week delivering almost 2,000 birthday cards that have already been sent to resident Arnold Hawkins …

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Hinshaw to give Alberta COVID-19 update Wednesday as NDP calls for action to contain variants

Alberta’s NDP is calling for more action from the provincial government on how it will manage the COVID-19 variants initially detected in the U.K. and South Africa if they begin …

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