The Beaverlodge Municipal Hospital emergency department will be without an on-site physician for periods of time between Tuesday night and Friday morning.
Alberta Health Services says its Virtual Emergency Physician pilot program covered 229 shifts across the province in the first six months of its trial.
UPDATE 2: According to school officials, the hold and secure has been lifted. Following an investigation by police, school officials say that a email that they classified as threatening has been determined not to be credible.