Alberta COVID-19

• Alberta UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith promises immediate sovereignty act

  If she becomes Alberta's premier, Danielle Smith said there'd be legislation to ignore federal laws along with steps to create a provincial police force and tax-collection agency.

  Canada

  Jun 23
  
• Alberta health officials provide final ‘regularly scheduled COVID update’

  Health Minister Jason Copping said there were 661 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 17 of those patients were being treated in the ICU.

  Health

  Jun 22
  
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• 24 COVID-19 deaths reported in Alberta over the last week as more public health restrictions lifted

  Changes to COVID-19 public health measures in Alberta come as 24 additional deaths were reported to Alberta Health between June 7 and June 13.

  Health

  Jun 15
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• Copping says Alberta’s latest COVID-19 numbers reveal ‘good news,’ expects situation to improve over summer

  Alberta Health Minister Jason Copping said there was “a lot of good news” in the data, the day after the province released its weekly COVID-19 numbers.

  Canada

  Jun 9
• Is a ‘big tent’ conservative party realistic in Alberta anymore?

  'I'm not sure that that glue -- hostility towards the NDP -- is sufficient to keep this party together," MRU political scientist Duane Bratt said. 'It is not united.'

  Politics

  May 19
• COVID-19: Alberta allowing more health professionals to prescribe Paxlovid

  Health Minister Jason Copping announced changes Wednesday aimed at making the COVID-19 treatment Paxlovid easier for eligible Albertans to access.

  Health

  May 4
• Influenza season arrives late to Alberta as cases jump in April

  Lower vaccination rates and less mask use is leading to a very late influenza season in Alberta, according to an infectious disease professor.

  Health

  May 3
• Sizing up the shadow of long COVID in Alberta

  With provinces dropping PCR testing, estimates on how many people have had COVID-19 and develop long COVID is unknown. But the effects will likely be widespread.

  Canada

  May 1
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• Little known of long COVID leaves Alberta patients seeking help

  Scientific understanding of COVID-19 and its post-viral syndrome is still in early stages, leaving people with long COVID seeking treatment where they can get it.

  Features

  Apr 30
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• Chestermere teen’s future in doubt with long COVID: ‘We don’t really know’

  COVID-19 has touched the lives of many people. One Alberta teen shares how her life has been forever changed a year after being infected.

  Canada

  Apr 29