Watching news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic from his home in Los Angeles, Jens Lindemann, who was raised in Alberta, says he was struck by stories from the front lines. “All the news just pointed to how much stress there was in their lives as they [dealt] with not just [COVID-19] patients, but then coming…

As part of his announcement this week about restoring the Saskatchewan economy and loosening restrictions on the public, Premier Scott Moe described the plan as a way to “gradually, cautiously and methodically reopen businesses.” Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will be the first provinces to relax the rules from the COVID-19 shutdown. With the number of infected people relatively low, there…

[unable to retrieve full-text content] The latest COVID-19 update from the province shows there’s been another spike in positive cases in Alberta over the past 24 hours. Source link…

Canada’s top doctor says there isn’t enough evidence to back herd immunity as a way to reopen society, as Quebec’s premier is considering the approach to restart his province’s economy. “The idea of … generating natural immunity is actually not something that should be undertaken,” Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said Saturday, urging people…

An Edmonton man was able to land his small plane safely on a country road Saturday. Police say Strathcona RCMP and Strathcona Emergency services were called to the site of a plane crash east of Sherwood Park just before noon. They found a small float plane with minor damage on Township Road 524 near Range…

Alberta reported 216 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death from the illness on Saturday.  The number of recovered cases climbed to 1,471, according to an update posted to the province’s website.  As of Saturday, the number of confirmed cases in the province stood at 4,233. The confirmed cases broken down by zone are:  Calgary…