"I feel very hurt," said Lia Lousier, who had to cancel her terminally ill son's Make-A-Wish trip to Hawaii due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A spokesperson for the United Conservative Party said Tany Yao is in Mexico and cannot be reached.

Premier Jason Kenney promised a recall act in a Throne Speech delivered on Feb. 25, 2020 that would allow "constituents to remove their MLAs"

Alberta reintroduced strict lockdown rules that include mandatory work-from-home measures and a ban on all social gatherings — but unlike the spring, all retailers can remain open.

On Tuesday, the premier said the newly-announced measures were the "minimum" needed to see Alberta's case numbers come down.

As Alberta added an additional 1,549 cases of COVID-19 the province, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Monday she will be advising the Alberta government on new recommendations for additional restrictions. 

The province is recommending that if Albertans want to gather, they should do so in controlled settings like restaurants. However, one virologist says now is the time to cut down socializing in person altogether.

An alliance of doctors and concerned citizens said the new measures in Alberta "fall far short of what's necessary to address what is essentially an out-of-control rise in COVID-19 infections."

Owners of businesses in Lethbridge spoke out on Thursday about the province's public health measures aimed at addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 400 doctors have signed an open letter to the premier, health minister and chief medical officer of health, urging Alberta to bring in stronger COVID-19 restrictions as ICU cases continue to climb.