Red Deer

• Thousands of Red Deer hospital patients’ records snooped in privacy breach: AHS

  According to Alberta Health Services, the records of 3,227 patients at the Red Deer hospital were accessed by two clerical employees in the diagnostic imaging department.

  Health

  Apr 14
• Spike in variant COVID-19 cases and possible closures worry some Alberta restaurant owners

  A rise in COVID-19 variant cases and the possibility of being shut down has some Alberta restaurant owners fearful of what's to come.

  Consumer

  Apr 1
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• Red Deer homicide victim found shot to death on the road: RCMP

  RCMP in Red Deer are investigating a homicide after a man was found shot to death on a residential street early Tuesday morning.

  Crime

  Mar 16
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• Coronavirus: Should food processing workers get vaccine priority?

  'If you look at the entire (food) supply chain, I would say the most vulnerable workers are right in the middle — in processing — because things are tight, things are intense.'

  Health

  Mar 5
• ‘A frightened workforce’: Union worries as Olymel reopens after COVID-19 shutdown

  The plant was shut down in mid-February, after an outbreak that has caused three deaths and infected over 500 employees.

  Economy

  Mar 4
• Nurses, contact tracers responding to Olymel pork plant outbreak in Alberta

  AHS says it is responding to a COVID-19 outbreak that has infected hundreds at a pork plant where almost two-thirds of workers have at least one other job outside the site.

  Economy

  Feb 16
• 15 new record lows set in Alberta as extreme cold continues

  Environment Canada says 15 new record lows were set in Alberta on Monday due to an 'unseasonably cold' arctic ridge of high pressure.

  Weather

  Feb 10
• Alberta researchers want to improve transitional system for people with disabilities

  Dr. Ho and his team are looking for ways to make that transition period smoother for outpatients

  Health

  Feb 9
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• Red Deer, Alta., man arrested for alleged child luring involving Saskatchewan girl

  A news release Tuesday said that Jeremie Raphael Roy was "allegedly sharing sexually explicit materials and luring a young girl via a social media application."

  Crime

  Jan 26
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• Advocacy group sounding alarm on ‘extreme’ wait times for specialized mobility aids in Alberta

  Wheels of Change says Albertans with disabilities are waiting several months -- even a year -- for equipment that is essential to their mobility.

  Health

  Jan 21