Test results in hours not days March 21, 2020 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization for a point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostic for the Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 test. “The test we’re authorizing today will be able to provide Americans with results within hours, rather than days like the existing tests, and…

The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, held a Conference Call (Tuesday) to Discuss the Constantly Changing Environment with Regard to Covid-19 and the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 They were joined by Mori Yoshiro, the President of the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee; the Olympic…

By Agnes Wong Postpone today. Conquer tomorrow. Team Canada on Sunday evening asked the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic the world is facing today. With that decision, Team Canada became the first National Olympic Committee to say…

March 25, 2020 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Finance Canada The Government of Canada is taking strong, immediate and effective action to protect Canadians and the economy from the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic. No Canadian should have to choose between protecting their health, putting food on the table, paying for their medication or…

By ERIC FRANCIS | Planet Waves Here are some thoughts I’ve gathered from having dealt with crises in the past, and having spent time considering plans with others. We are essentially in a civil defense emergency. I will add one additional thought up top. In any crisis, whether personal or community, I have found it valuable to…

March 24 at 5:30 p.m. A second Albertan has died and 57 additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 358. Aggressive public health measures continue to help limit the spread of COVID-19. Latest updates Cases have been identified in all zones across the province: 214…

New guidelines are in place to direct how students will learn while in-school classes are cancelled due to the provincial health emergency. Government has worked with the Alberta School Boards Association, the College of Alberta School Superintendents, the Alberta Teachers’ Association and the Association of Independent Schools & Colleges of Alberta to identify how to…

Calming signals – is this a term you’ve heard of before? A relatively common phrase in the dog and animal welfare world, calming signals are a means of communication used by dogs. They even use these signals to attempt to calm us. Unfortunately, humans can easily misunderstand what dogs are trying to tell us. Once…

March 23 at 5:00 p.m. Forty-two additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 301. Aggressive public health measures continue to help limit the spread of COVID-19. Latest updates Cases have been identified in all zones across the province: 188 cases in the Calgary zone 68…

Pharmacists have been working hard to help Albertans assess and screen for COVID-19. A new billing code has been created for this service. This new pharmacy service provides Albertans with another way to access information and advice about COVID-19. “We need to maximize the capabilities of our health professionals at this time. Pharmacists have knowledge…