As job losses mount and self-isolation continues, half of Canadians say their mental health has gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 10 per cent reporting it has deteriorated “a lot,” according to a new survey. Less than 20 per cent of Canadians polled reported being optimistic when asked to survey their life in the past…

Mandatory evacuations and a secondary state of local emergency were declared in Wood Buffalo on Sunday after rising water levels created a high risk of flash flooding. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in northern Alberta declared a secondary State of Local Emergency because of high water levels along the Athabasca, Snye and Clearwater Rivers.…

A mandatory evacuation order was issued on Sunday night for some residents of Fort Vermillion, Alta, who live near the banks of the Peace River.  The order applies to all residents in the northwest Alberta hamlet who live east of 50th Street and north of the golf course, River Road and Boreal Housing.  A critical emergency alert warning of high…

[unable to retrieve full-text content] The latest COVID-19 numbers for Alberta show another spike in positive cases over the past 24 hours. This as the Alberta government introduces new measures to help the province’s most vulnerable. Source link…

Alberta reported 247 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths from the illness on Sunday.  The latest update posted to the province’s website Sunday afternoon brings the total number of cases in the province to 4,480. Here is how the cases breakdown by zone:  Calgary zone: 3,104 Edmonton zone: 479 Central zone: 83 South…

Arwyn Sallegue, an employee of Cargill’s meat-packing plant in High River, Alta. — where 558 workers have confirmed cases of COVID-19 — said he’s noticed an upsetting trend online. Cases connected to the Cargill meat plant outbreak have increased dramatically over the past two weeks. As of Friday, there were 558 cases in workers from the plant, with 798 total cases…