Days after dozens of cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at a meat plant in southern Alberta, an occupational health and safety investigation was done by video call, determining the plant was safe to stay open. Now, just under one week after that call, one person is dead and 515 people sick with COVID-19 due to…

Inge Popke had planned to drive to Edmonton from her home in Denver, Colo. this month to celebrate her father’s 100th birthday alongside relatives from across Canada and the United States.  Her father, Adolf Hill, lives in the not-for-profit Shepherd’s Care Foundation’s care centre in Mill Woods, where he celebrated his centennial today. Hill received a greeting from…

Danielle Vandersteen had been looking forward to high school graduation all year. The 17-year-old Grade 12 student at École Alexandre-Taché in St. Albert had the perfect green lace dress picked out for the dance. She couldn’t wait to walk across the stage in her yellow and black cap and gown. Now she doesn’t know if her…

Albertans anxious to return to their jobs and some semblance of normal life should think of the novel coronavirus as a tidal wave that might have swept away thousands of lives if not for the sacrifices already made, says the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health. Seven weeks after Alberta reported its first COVID-19 case, Dr.…

Across Alberta, people are flying Nova Scotia flags to honour the 18 victims of a shooting spree on the weekend. In one of the deadliest mass killings in Canadian history, the victims were killed in a 12-hour shooting rampage that started in the small rural community of Portapique near Truro, N.S., late Saturday. Members of the…

Alberta’s privacy commissioner has launched two investigations into Babylon by Telus Health, a virtual medical app touted by the provincial government. The investigations were opened after concerns were identified in separate privacy impact assessments (PIAs) submitted on the app by a Calgary-based physician and Babylon Health Canada Limited, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner…