Alberta Back To School Plan

• Alberta K-12 students to return to class Jan. 10 amid record-setting numbers of new COVID-19 cases

  On Wednesday, Alberta's education minister and chief medical officer of health announced children from kindergarten to Grade 12 will return to in-person learning next week.

  Education

  Jan 5, 2022
  
• Alberta COVID-19 restrictions remain in place until Jan. 21 as students head back to class Monday

  The announcement on schools and restrictions came as Alberta reported 968 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday, along with 24 additional deaths from the disease.

  Politics

  Jan 7, 2021
  
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• ‘I feel for parents’: Dr. Hinshaw regrets confusing COVID-19 orders as schools reopen

  The interview was set up by Alberta Health officials to allow Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, to further clarify a health order that she signed over the weekend that led to online backlash.

  Health

  Sep 1, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Alberta’s top doctor sending her children to school, continues to defend re-entry plan

  Dr. Deena Hinshaw said she is planning to send her own children back to school in September, and expanded on the process of determining Alberta's re-entry plan.

  Health

  Aug 20, 2020
• Dozens protest Alberta’s back-to-school plan outside education minister’s Red Deer office

  People rallied outside Adriana LaGrange's office in Red Deer on Tuesday, protesting the province's back-to-school plan as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on.

  Education

  Aug 18, 2020
• Parents of Alberta students with disabilities worry about return to school

  Some parents say they feel Alberta's government isn't specifically considering special needs students in its back-to-school plan.

  News

  Aug 5, 2020
• COVID-19: Hinshaw says Albertans should know government supported her back-to-school recommendations

  Alberta's chief medical officer of health says she feels her school re-entry recommendations have been supported by the provincial government.

  Education

  Aug 4, 2020
• Alberta Grade 4-12 students, teachers will be required to wear masks in schools this fall

  When Alberta students return to school this fall amid COVID-19, some of them will be required to wear masks to prevent the spread of the virus. 

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2020
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• Alberta parents call province’s back-to-school plan unsafe, push for changes

  Some Alberta parents are criticizing the province's school reopen plan, calling it unsafe. Now they've started a group to take action.

  Education

  Aug 2, 2020
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• Premier Jason Kenney touts spring session, defends Alberta’s back-to-school plan

  Wednesday marked the end of the spring session at the Alberta legislature. It's a session Premier Jason Kenney touts as one of the most successful across Canada, with the passage of 34 bills.

  Politics

  Jul 29, 2020