One child from Alberta First Nation dead, others ill in hospital: EMS
MORLEY, Alta. — RCMP and paramedics were called to a rural home west of Calgary on Wednesday where an infant was pronounced dead and 14 other people were found suffering from influenza-like symptoms.
Cpl. Curtis Peters said Mounties went to a home in Morley, on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation 60 kilometres west of Calgary, to check on a report of a child in medical distress.
“The investigation is very preliminary right now,” Peters said. “We don’t know a lot of details, but unfortunately we can confirm that a child did die at that residence.”
The RCMP said its major crimes unit is assisting the Cochrane detachment with the investigation.