Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Mountain View News and Information

Olds, Sundre community Christmas dinners cancelled

Annual Dec. 25 gatherings affected by new COVID restrictions

Dec 16, 2020 3:00 PM Read more >

Didsbury, Carstairs business owners hopeful, others dejected

Hair salon owner plans to re-open the first day she is permitted to do so

Dec 16, 2020 6:00 AM Read more >

Doctors raise concerns over recent Sundre events

Local physicians feared potential spreader events

Dec 15, 2020 5:00 PM Read more >

COVID-19 vaccinations begin Tuesday on frontline health staff in Edmonton and Calgary

EDMONTON — Today is the day for the first COVID-19 vaccinations in Alberta. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are to be given to health workers in Edmonton and Calgary at 4 p.m.

Dec 15, 2020 2:45 PM Read more >

Town of Penhold eyes new COVID round of layoffs

Full shutdown mode in place to fight pandemic

Dec 15, 2020 12:00 PM Read more >

Alberta's first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Calgary, premier says

The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines each require two shots weeks apart to be effective.

Dec 15, 2020 11:45 AM Read more >

Update: Visitors banned from Olds seniors lodge as several COVID-19 cases confirmed

Further testing planned for today and Dec. 21

Dec 15, 2020 9:30 AM Read more >

Thousands more healthcare workers to get vaccinated by end of December

The province has secured a second set of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, with 25,350 doses coming next week,

Dec 14, 2020 4:44 PM Read more >

No in-person Olds meetings until Jan. 12

Includes council meetings as well as town-managed authorities, boards, committees and commissions

Dec 14, 2020 9:00 AM Read more >

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Didsbury hospital

Acute care unit affected

Dec 13, 2020 7:10 AM Read more >