How does COVID-19 contact tracing work? Alberta doctor explains
When someone is diagnosed with COVID-19, an entire team of people gets to work to try to determine who else may be at risk of contracting the virus.
When someone is diagnosed with COVID-19, an entire team of people gets to work to try to determine who else may be at risk of contracting the virus.
As they try to facilitate potential travel and memorial plans, the family just wants to keep Jolene, Aaron and Emily together.
Consumers may not see any immediate repercussions from the negative levels that global oil prices are now facing, but experts say we need to look at the bigger picture.
The Black Gold School Division has voted in favour of closing a 120-year-old school south of Calmar.
A report says Alberta's public pension manager has lost millions on smaller energy companies at a time when the entire sector is in decline.
With the absence of in-person public vigils to mourn the victims of the mass shooting in Nova Scotia, it's still possible to show support and grieve from afar, psychologists say.
The Nova Scotia mass shooter used an authentic police uniform and a replica RCMP vehicle to stay "steps ahead" of investigators, police said.
Manitoba Health officials will update the province on the latest novel coronavirus numbers at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
The Calgary Fire Department is reminding people just how quickly and easily fires can spark when cigarettes aren’t disposed of properly after dousing a fire in Thorncliffe.
Investigators allege a 32-year-old man set the fire that damaged two businesses on James Street North on Tuesday.
Premier Brian Pallister will update Manitobans Wednesday at 11 a.m. about the latest COVID-19 measures in the province.
Emergency crews were called to Royal York Road, just south of Evans Avenue, at around 6:22 p.m. Tuesday, where they reportedly found a 72-year-old man with obvious signs of trauma.
The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales were down 69 per cent in the first 17 days of April compared with a year ago as the COVID-19 outbreak put a chill on market activity.
The slowdown was driven by low energy prices, Statistics Canada data show.
The Quebec government will provide an update on Wednesday afternoon about its coronavirus measures.
The low cost of gas might seem like a welcome change, but the drop in oil prices due to the coronavirus pandemic could be devastating if they remain, one expert says.
The outbreak has now spread to the Clearwater Dene First Nation
The City of West Kelowna has issued T&A Rock Works a blasting permit for lot grading near a former cell phone tower site above Pinot Noir Drive.
Children's Services Minister Rebecca Schulz said Tuesday that although the province has to date not had any confirmed COVID-19 cases in shelters for Albertans who are homeless or fleeing domestic violence, her government is committed to protecting vulnerable people during the pandemic and may increasingly look at how to use hotels to do so.
CDC Director Robert Redfield told the Washington Post in an interview that the second wave could be worse due to its likely arrival at the start of flu season.
Being on the road in the Okanagan will be a little bit easier for truckers now, as Chevron is offering free showers and washrooms for drivers at its cardlock locations.
While there have only been minor instances of localized flooding reported, the regional district is encouraging people to take precautionary measures.
The owner of a pub in northwest Calgary was issued a health notice Monday, ordering him to close his business after officials found the pub had been serving customers despite public health orders to close dine-in services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new customers, which were added during the first three months of the year, helped cement its status as one of the world's most essential services in times of isolation or crisis.
Matt Masters, owner of Curbside Concerts, came up with the concept in response to COVID-19.