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Posted: Jul 12, 2021 6:17 PM MT | Last Updated: July 13 This file photo shows Heather Griggs at work as operations chief of the Umatilla County Public Health Department contact tracing centre in Pendleton, Ore. In Alberta, contact tracers have not been able to identify a source of transmission for 39 per cent of active cases.(Ben Lonergan/The Associated Press)
Alberta Health Service (AHS) is accepting critical care patients from Manitoba’s hospitals as that province’s health system struggles with a third COVID-19…
Author of the article: Josh Aldrich Publishing date: Apr 30, 2021 • April 30, 2021 • 4 minute read • A cow keeps a close eye on her calf as it nurses on an Alberta farm. Overall the Canadian beef industry is responsible for 2.4% of the national emissions versus the national transportation industry at 28%. The beef sector is also constantly working to be better. According to research out of the University of Manitoba and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lethbridge, Canada produced 32% more beef in 2011 than 1981 on 24% less land, produced 15% less greenhouse gases and req...
Article content We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or There has been some interest in Canada in a “Christmas truce,” similar to the one upcoming in the U.K. In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Thursday that between Dec. 23 and Dec. 27 some of the restrictions on indoor social gatherings will be eased to permit more people to congregate for Christmas dinners in private homes. But COVID doesn’t observe high holidays. Just look at the American experience over their Thanksgiving late last month. Before American Thanksgiving, 2,000 or...
EDMONTON -- While Alberta's registered massage industry fights to reopen, some therapists are finding new ways to help clients in pain. For Albertans who count on massage therapy for pain relief, the province's current restrictions are standing in the way. "We find it really frustrating because we've been doing all of the things the government has told us to do," said Jeremy Sayer with the Canadian Massage and Manual Osteopathic Therapists Association. "We added additional protocols when it came to things like cleaning, to PPE use, that were equal to or over and above the provincial r...