The Alberta government and the City of Red Deer have chosen a 10-acre plot of land in an industrial park at the northern edge of the city as the site for an addictions "recovery community" that will require sobriety from its residents.
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Red Deer’s mayor says her city is at a critical crossroads, grappling with a growing active COVID-19 case rate that’s partially due to an outbreak at a local pork plant.
The number of active cases in the central Alberta city reached 454 on Wednesday, with 194 of those cases linked to the outbreak among workers at Olymel pork plant. The outbreak has resulted in 354 total cases and the death of an employee in his 30s.
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Alberta mayors call for investigation, halt to EMS consolidation after dispatch outage
Four Alberta mayors are calling for the provincial government to halt its takeover of 911 EMS dispatch in their communities and launch an investigation after technological problems resulted in a 16-minute delay for emergency services in Calgary last Tuesday.
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