Smoky River Express

COVID-19 Mini-UPDATE February 11, 2021 As of February 11, 2021 Alberta Health confirmed 352 new cases since Feb. 10. There are 53 new cases in the North Zone since Feb. 10.... There have been 3 deaths recorded in the North Zone in the last 24 hours. 9,855 cases have recovered in the North Zone which holds at 93% of the cases. ________________________________________________________ Variant Cases in Alberta IN ALBERTA 156 ________________________________________________________ School status There are twenty-one (21) ALERTS for the North Zone. There are two (2) OUTBREAKS (5-9 cases) for the North Zone. There are two (2) OUTBREAKS (10+) for the North Zone _______________________________________________________ There are 5,501 active cases in Alberta. Calgary:2,202, Edmonton:1,616, North:703, Central:679, South:292, Unknown:9. FOLLOW THE LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION...

COVID-19 Mini-UPDATE January 6, 2021 As of January 6, 2021 Alberta Health confirmed 1,123 new cases since Jan. 5, 2021. There are 117 new cases in the North Zone since Jan 5.... There has been 1 death recorded in the North Zone, in Big Lakes County, in the last 24 hours. 6,311 cases have recovered in the North Zone which moves down to 82% of the cases. FOLLOW THE LINK FOR MORE INFO...

"Almost 60 families and households in the Falher and McLennan areas will have a special Christmas with support from their community."

"Hailey Stone is fighting to get some support for her 2 1/2-year-old son, Henry, after he was denied provincial funding for much-needed therapies"

COVID-19 UPDATE December 11, 2020 As of December 11, Alberta Health confirmed 1,738 new cases in Alberta since Dec 10. There are 303 new cases in the North Zone since Dec 9. 118=Dec. 10, 185=Dec. 11.... There has been 3 deaths recorded in the North Zone in the last 48 hours. 3,783 cases have recovered in the North Zone which holds at 75% of the cases. There are 20,161 active cases in Alberta. Edmonton:9,570, Calgary:7,166, Central:1,502, North:1,240, South:612, Unknown:71. Canada has 448,841 confirmed cases. There have been 13,251 deaths recorded. Canada has 73,297 active cases. Alberta has the most active cases in Canada with 20,161, followed by Ontario(16,283) and Quebec(15,942). CLICK ON THE LINK TO SEE MORE...

"Criminals had better watch out! Citizens on Patrol [COPS] could be out in the Falher area in the coming months."

"McLennan town council will explore every avenue possible to keep at least a portion of the Lakeshore walking trails open this winter."

COVID-19 UPDATE December 9, 2020 As of December 9, Alberta Health confirmed 1,460 new cases in Alberta since Dec 8. There are 107 new cases in the North Zone since Dec 8.... There has been 0 deaths recorded in the North Zone in the last 24 hours. 3,600 cases have recovered in the North Zone which moves up to 75% of the cases. Tyler Shandro, Alberta Health Minister, announced today that the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 will be rolling out to front line workers in Alberta starting December 16. All Zones are now on the Enhanced list (additional measures in place). FOLLOW THE LINK FOR MORE DETAILS...

Comments allegedly made by Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro during the Peace River UCP constituency association’s annual general meeting this weekend are raising questions about which experts the UCP government is listening to while planning their strategy to address rapidly rising cases of COVID-19.

Ruby’s Gas Bar located off HWY 2 on the Sucker Creek First Nation was relieved of it’s ATM machine on November 12. The LRPS are requesting information.

" It seems impossible, but you never know! What would happen if we sell the [H.W. Fish] Arena, asked Town of McLennan Councillor Sue Delaurier at council’s Dec. 14 meeting."

COVID-19 UPDATE November 16, 2020 As of November 16, Alberta Health confirmed 3,784 new cases since Nov. 12. 907=Nov 13, 2,017=Nov 14&15, 860=Nov 16. There are 275 new cases in the North Zone since Nov.12.... There has been 2 deaths recorded in the North Zone in the last 96 hours. 2,156 cases have recovered in the North Zone which drops to 76% of the cases. There are 10,032 active cases in Alberta. Calgary:4,141, Edmonton:4,134, North:666, South:556, Central:447, Unknown:88. There have been 35 deaths recorded for Alberta in the last 96 hours, 20 of them were in the last 24 hours. While 14 of those 20 were in continuing care, 6 were not. Of the 35 deaths: 3 in the South Zone, 1 in the Central Zone, 19 in the Edmonton Zone, 10 in the Calgary Zone, and 2 in the North Zone. CLICK FOR MORE INFO...

Kenny skids inconsiderate MLAs January 4, 2021 Pat Rehn relieved of Legislature committee responsibilities https://smokyriverexpress.com/kenny-skids-inconsiderate-ml/

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"The Town of Falher is asking to extend a current agreement for fire services with the M.D. of Smoky River until a new agreement is reached."

COVID-19 UPDATE October 29, 2020 As of October 29, Alberta Health has confirmed 1,309 new cases in Alberta in the last 72 hours. 422=Oct 27, 410=Oct 28, 477=Oct 29. There are 80 new cases in the North Zone over the last 72 hours.... There has been 0 deaths recorded in the North Zone in the last 72 hours. 1611 cases have recovered in the North Zone which holds at 83% of the cases. CLICK PICTURE FOR MORE INFO...