Exactly one century ago, the Spanish flu was sweeping through Alberta, and Edna Traunweiser felt she had to do something to help. Nurses and teachers working as volunteer nurses during the Spanish flu epidemic at an isolation hospital in Lloydminster in 1918. Residents of a small Alberta town recall their deadly brush with 1918's Spanish flu. Many in the crowd wore masks, as the Spanish influenza epidemic was sweeping through the city. Men in Alberta wear masks, likely made of cheesecloth and twine, during the Spanish influenza epidemic.

Source: CBC News December 29, 2018 13:30 UTC