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Fort McMurray is seeing a slight increase in active COVID-19 cases, while the rural areas are experiencing a d...

By Jaryn Vecchio Tany Yao with Laila Goodridge. Photo by: Brandon Piper//Harvard Broadcasting The Alberta NDP is calling out the provincial government over their handling of EMS dispatch service in the RMWB. Wood Buffalo council met on Tuesday where they approved having the local emergency communications centre refuse to transfer medical 9-1-1 calls to Alberta Health Services’ provincial centres. This decision was made due to Regional Emergency Services needing to intervene in 20 per cent of calls since AHS took over in mid-January. NDP’s Health Critic David Shepherd tells Mix Ne...

By Jaryn Vecchio RMWB employee at the local EMS dispatch site // Photo via RMWB Alberta Health Services is continuing to defend its dispatch system following Wood Buffalo council’s decision to stop sending calls to their provincial centres. They met yesterday where they approved having the local emergency communications centre once again handle all medical emergencies after reports of local dispatchers needing to intervene in around 20 per cent of calls since AHS took over in mid-January. In a statement, AHS’s Chief Paramedic Darren Sandbeck says there’s no evidence their system...

Fort McMurray is dropping under 60 active COVID-19 cases. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's Chief Medical Officer o...

Alberta RCMP are announcing a new officer in charge of the Wood Buffalo detachment. Superintendent Mark Hancoc...