A Calgary family is mourning the death of their father after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 while being treated at the Foothills hospital. The family is fighting for his daughter, who also tested positive, to have access to remdesivir.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the total number of number of cases linked to the outbreaks at Calgary's largest hospital was 80.

The isolation of nearly 300 staff at the Foothills Medical Centre is putting a tremendous strain on the employees still working at the hospital, unions say.

An Airdrie man is recovering after being seriously injured when he was hit by a grader Saturday at a construction site.

Alberta Health Services said Monday that 26 patients and 27 workers at the Foothills Medical Centre have contracted the novel coronavirus, and four patients have died.

Three units at Foothills Medical Centre are under an "outbreak watch" as cases continue to spread at the Calgary hospital. One family says they weren't told the whole story when their elderly father was admitted to one of those units.

Patients and staff on two Foothills Medical Centre units are being screened twice daily for COVID-19 symptoms in light of recently declared outbreaks.

A COVID-19 outbreak was first declared on Sept. 19 in the cardiac unit of the hospital. The next day, a second outbreak was declared in the general medicine unit.

Members of the Lethbridge community are pledging ways to raise money for a well-known principal suffering from multiple brain tumours.

The two teens were on their way back from a camping trip when they came across the collision.