A 45-year-old man and a 59-year-old man have both been charged after a road rage altercation near Highway 60 and Highway 39.
An additional 10,000 surgeries have been delayed in the third COVID-19 wave, according to Alberta Health Services.
Naloxone was given during 50 of those incidents and EMS took 34 patients to hospital, AHS said in a warning on Thursday.
A man was found in medical distress by police officers outside near 98 Street and 78 Avenue early Wednesday morning.
The head of Alberta Health Services defended the agency’s contact-tracing system Tuesday after a Global News report on a backlog of cases during the second wave.
Out of 144 requests for temporary patios or outdoor retail space, 125 have been approved and installed. Nine locations are set to be installed over the next week.
On Monday, there were 439 people in hospital with the virus, including 133 in intensive care.
The Crown and defence presented a joint sentencing submission, asking for a four-year sentence. The judge accepted the submission.
Taste of Edmonton and Heritage Festival are planning to host their events this summer, while Pride (in June) is staying virtual as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Participating clinics will offer the Moderna vaccine at this time, with about 8,200 doses expected to be administered by family physicians, staff and teams.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) is looking for witnesses to an RCMP shooting outside Red Deer Regional Hospital on Monday night.
Following the province’s “Open For Summer” announcement on Wednesday, K-Days announced Thursday planning is underway for its festival this year.
Hinton RCMP said officers responded to a report of a firearm being discharged in a rural area near the WildHay River Provincial Recreation Area on Sunday.
The Open For Summer plan outlines how different sectors and activities will be allowed to reopen based on two key benchmarks: COVID-19 immunization rates and hospitalizations.
Boyle Street Community Services is calling on government, police and Alberta Health Services to help create a coordinated emergency response to the overdose crisis.