COVID-19

Alberta continues to make progress in the province's fight against COVID-19.

Over the weekend the number of hospitalizations dropped to 360, and ICU admissions fell to 96. This marks the first time since April 16 that ICU admissions have been in the double digits.

Alberta's top doctor is hopeful as we move closer to Stage two of the province's 'Open for Summer' plan. Dr. Hinshaw took to Twitter over the weekend to remind Albertans to stay the course.

Purchasing a house is already a long and stressful process.  Many factors come into play for people to find their “dream home” and now the process has gotten a little tougher for people to purchase a house.

On June 1, 2021, the federal government implemented a new stress test for getting a mortgage in hopes to cool the housing market after COVID-19 forced banks to lower interest rates, leading to housing prices skyrocketing and rising demand.

Local RBC Mortgage Specialist Kathleen Novak explains the new stress test.

Residents will have to wait a while longer to travel internationally or to the United States, as Ottawa plans to wait until more residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Province of Alberta reached a significant milestone in the fight against COVID-19 on Friday.  

Between Alberta Health Services (AHS), community pharmacies and physician clinics, the province has delivered over three million doses of COVID-19 into Albertan arms since beginning the vaccine rollout.  

More than 66 per cent of people eligible for the shot have now received at least one vaccine dose while 13 per cent have been fully immunized with two doses.

Another three Manitobans have died with COVID-19. Today's death toll includes:

The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 in the district today.

This is the second day in a row no new cases were announced.

The active case count across the district remains at three cases. Two in the Sioux Lookout Health Hub and one in the Kenora Health Hub.

Community Futures were created nearly 40 years ago by the Government of Canada to deal with the economic downturn in the 1970s and has been providing support for rural entrepreneurs for many years.

Never has the need been more apparent than in the 2020s with the effects of the pandemic being painfully felt by small and medium rural businesses in Alberta. 

The province announced 276 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death related to the virus today: a female in her 60s from the Prairie Mountain Health region and linked to the B.1.1.7 variant of concern.

An outbreak has been declared at Salem Home in Winkler. The facility has been moved to the Critical (red) level on the #RestartMB Pandemic Response System.

Of today's case count, six cases have been removed due to data correction. This brings the net-new number of cases today to 270 and the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Manitoba to 52,531.

A brand new music video with a moving story behind it is out now for Casting Crowns fans.

"Scars in Heaven" is the faith-based band's latest release since 2018, when their last album, Only Jesus, was released. The album received RIAA Gold certifications for the songs "Only Jesus" and "Nobody."

The song's lyrics tell a tale of regret at first, as they express the remorse of someone who feels they didn't spend enough time with another person before their death.

Paramedics and front-line healthcare staff are making their way to remote communities across northwestern Ontario once again, as part of Operation Remote Immunity 2.0.

The original campaign was a provincial effort to administer 25,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to adults over the age of 18 in 31 fly-in communities across the Nishnawbe Aski Nation over the winter months.

Now, Operation Remote Immunity 2.0 aims to deliver both doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to youth between the ages of 12 and 17.