In an update Monday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw advised against a herd immunity approach to COVID-19, updated the outbreaks at Calgary’s Foothills hospital and in Alberta schools, and Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced more than a million Albertans have been tested at least once. Julia Wong has the details.
Treaty Six Grand Chief Billy Morin says he wants to sit down and talk with the construction workers who reportedly swore, hurled racial slurs and revved their engines in an attempt to disrupt a smudging ceremony at a junior high school in southeast Edmonton. Fletcher Kent has more.
Despite a surge of COVID-19 cases across Canada, and an outbreak in Alberta’s largest hospital, health officials say the province has avoided a second wave. Heather Yourex-West explains how that could quickly change.
A new 42-unit supportive housing facility in Edmonton’s Belvedere community will provide Indigenous and cultural-based supports through a partnership between Right at Home Housing Society and NiGiNan Housing Ventures. Vinesh Pratap explains.
On the day the homeless camp in Old Strathcona was suppose to close after talks with the city, they’ve now set up a few blocks down the street. Camp organizers said they’re still waiting for the city to take action on housing and until that happens, there’s no closure date in sight. Lisa MacGregor reports.
Children's sports organizations are turning to outside help to evaluate players at team tryouts in order to remove the politics from the process.
When the fishery began on Sept. 17, there were seven vessels with 50 traps each, for a total of 350 traps.
The concern comes as the region is set to receive some expanded options for local testing.
Of the health unit's 120 cases of the novel coronavirus, 11 are active.
The motion would see a $100,000 donation made to the Canadian Red Cross to assist in humanitarian efforts on the ground in Beirut following the Aug. 4 explosion.
“Nowhere in the city escapes the risk. We move around too much for that. This is not the time to panic. It is the time to act.”
In both incidents, the health units say there is no risk to the public.
The news conference at 3 p.m. will be carried live on BC1, on our website, the Global BC Facebook page and CKNW