Alberta Health Services has announced numerous H1N1 vaccination clinic in Central Alberta.
The following Red Deer vaccine clinics have been announced by Alberta Health Services:
A man charged with murder will have to wait in jail until next fall to have a trial. Ten days were booked this week in Red Deer Court of Queen’s for the trial beginning on Sept. 13, 2010, for Larry Allen Scott, 54, of Red Deer.
An Alix man has been sentenced to 16 months in jail after being convicted of sexual assault.
A Red Deer woman who stole money from her employer was sentenced on Tuesday to a community-based sentence and told to repay the company.
EDMONTON - It was love at first sight when Salem Bryant and her fiancee John Mudryk spotted Humphry at the Edmonton Humane Society last month. After hearing the horrible ordeal the tiny Havanese-mix puppy survived, Bryant says she just knew Humphry was the dog for her.
OTTAWA - MPs voted Wednesday to repeal the federal long-gun registry, signalling for the first time since the program was adopted 14 years ago that it is headed for the scrap heap, despite police assertions that it saves lives.
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Eskimos are proving they are not immune to the flu bug that is ravaging the entire country. The Canadian Football League team practised for the second straight day without return specialist Tristan Jackson.
EDMONTON - A University of Alberta researcher is being credited for discovering the youngest neutron star yet known, the dense remnant of a star explosion seen by an English astronomer in 1680.
EDMONTON - Alberta's health superboard is expected to release the results of their investigation Wednesday afternoon as to how the Calgary Flames and their family members managed to jump the queue and get their H1N1 vaccination before those at risk of becoming dangerously ill.
A bill to protect Alberta fire departments from lawsuits passed its third and final reading in the legislature Wednesday afternoon and will be proclaimed into law later this fall.
Some Albertans with chronic health conditions are upset they won't be lining up with pregnant women and very young children for a swine flu shot this week.
Calgary-based fertilizer producer Agrium reported a 92 per cent drop in third-quarter earnings Wednesday, as farmers conserved cash through the recession.
Sixteen Greenpeace activists will plead not guilty to charges arising from a protest at the Shell upgrader expansion site in Fort Saskatchewan on Oct. 4, a provincial court in Sherwood Park, Alta., heard Wednesday.
Coach Brent Sutter sent his Calgary Flames a message during practice on Monday and he'll find out if they heard him loud and clear when the team heads to Dallas to face the Stars on Wednesday night.
The Calgary Humane Society is asking for help finding the person responsible for leaving a badly injured Doberman puppy in the parking lot of the Calgary North Veterinary Clinic Wednesday morning. Staff found the three month old pup inside a bloody kennel that had been left in the parking lot. The pup was suffering from a head injuries and a badly broken front leg, and had been so neglected that ...
Heads have rolled over Alberta Health Services decision to provide the Calgary Flames with H1N1 vaccinations. AHS says itsleaders learned Monday that H1N1 vaccinations were provided last week to players and families of the Calgary Flames. And Wednesday afternoon, AHS announced disciplinary action has been taken, resulting in the "dismissal" of the most senior staff member involved. In additio...
Members of the Abbotsford Heat hockey team have received their H1N1 shots. A team official confirms they were administered to players on Tuesday night when the team arrived back in Abbotsford from a road trip. It now appears the shots were provided by a B.C. health authority or doctor. The Fraser Health Authority in B.C.'s lower mainland says it did not authorize the vaccinations, nor was it ...
Calgary-based WestJet made money in the third quarter, but significantly less than the same period in 2008. The airline reports net earnings of $31.4 million, or 24 cents per share, compared to $57.9 million in the third quarter of 2008, or 45 cents per share. WestJet President and CEO Sean Durfy says the airline is happy to have turned a profitable quarter in a time of economic instability, and ...
A Central Alberta man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage girl he kidnapped while impersonating a police officer. 57-year-old Gerard Baumgarte pleaded to six charges, including assault with a weapon, in a Red Deer court. The teen's uncle says the girl could not come to court knowing her attacker was going to be there. The girl, from Penhold, Alberta, was forced into a car with ...
Dragons were on the loose in Cochrane.[...]
Only those highest at risk — pregnant women and children under the age of six — will be able to get an H1N1 shot when vaccination clinics resume this week. Children under the age of six, can receive vaccinations as of Nov.[...]
The first two days of H1N1 vaccination clinics in Cochrane were well attended. Two full days of H1N1 clinics took place at the Bow Valley Baptist Church before all clinics in Alberta were suspended in order for Alberta Health and Wellness to review their distribution strategies.[...]
Cochrane's only day care has announced it's closing Nov. 30. After only one year in operation, Little Saints Day Care struggled to attract children and couldn't remain financially viable.[...]
Corporal Jordan Kochan has been awarded a Medal of Military Valour for treating a wounded soldier while exposed to enemy gunfire. The former Cochrane High grad will travel from Shilo, Manitoba where he is currently based to an awards ceremony in Ottawa the day after Remembrance Day.[...]
VICTORIA – Debate heated up Tuesday on the B.C. Liberal government's surprise move to impose a contract on ambulance paramedics and dispatchers on the eve of a membership vote on their latest contract offer.
Demonized sea louse pursues a giant salmon in Friday's protest that disrupted the Olympic torch relay in Victoria. A huge 'demarketing' program funded by U.S. foundations is targeting B.C. salmon farms.
VICTORIA – The B.C. government is legislating an end to the long-running paramedics strike as it braces for the full impact of H1N1 influenza and the coming Christmas holiday season.
Protesters block the intersection of Cook Street and Rockland Avenue in Victoria Friday night.
Representatives from Greyhound, right, and the Passenger Transportation Board, centre, listen to a speaker at a public meeting on Oct. 29. others also read...