Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Mayor Cathy Heron focused on opportunities ahead in her State of the City address

St. Paul daycare aims to reopen by Dec. 1

Funding will keep elder abuse program going for another year

“If we see increasing COVID cases going into hospital, the only way to provide the space to care for them is to stop doing other services … Albertans who need other care could end up having their health conditions worsen as these COVID cases rises."

Alberta reported 730 new infections Wednesday, with 287 people in hospital and 57 of them in intensive care.

Alberta Health Services defines a close contact as anyone who has been within two metres (six feet) of a positive case for 15 minutes or more of cumulative contact, without consistent and appropriate use of personal protective equipment

Non-profits say cuts would be devastating if they spill over into their budgets

Alberta Health says ABTraceTogether has to date identified 70 close contacts in 19 cases.

Most councillors in support of further reducing tax impact

New public health restrictions won't be affecting St. Albert's places of worship much, since they're still mostly operating out of the playbook from the first wave of COVID-19 that were put in place in the spring.