Lorian Hardcastle

• More food regulations not needed in light of Calgary E. coli outbreak: law professors

  A pair of Calgary law professors say the food safety laws already on the books need to be better enforced, without being hamstrung by political desires to cut 'red tape.'

  Health

  Sep 27, 2023
  
• COVID-19: Alberta ‘will not revisit’ mandatory vaccination: Kenney

  After the federal health minister suggested provinces would eventually mandate COVID-19 vaccines, Alberta's premier defended the decision to remove it from the Public Health Act.

  Health

  Jan 7, 2022
  
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• Universities of Alberta, Calgary, Lethbridge to require unvaccinated students, staff to undergo rapid COVID-19 testing

  While COVID-19 vaccines will not be mandatory for those attending Alberta's three major universities this year, rapid testing will be required for those not fully vaccinated. 

  Education

  Aug 17, 2021
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• Contact tracing in Alberta’s 2nd wave: Documents show huge backlog, staff shortages

  More than 200 pages of internal AHS documents obtained through a Freedom of Information request paint a stark picture of Alberta's contact tracing system during the second wave.

  Investigations

  May 30, 2021
• Concerns over public trust erosion after lack of details on COVID-19 birthday party outbreak

  The premier cited an outbreak at a birthday party in Athabasca County twice this week. However, Alberta Health has no record of this specific outbreak.

  Health

  Apr 16, 2021
• Alberta health minister blames feds for scarce details on Phase 2 COVID-19 vaccine plan

  Phase 2 of the rollout will target populations at risk, however that has not been defined by the provincial government.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2021
• Kenney says COVID-19 R value isn’t ‘state secret’ but data still not publicly accessible

  The R value was last released on Nov. 22, when it was 1.12. On Tuesday, Kenney said the R value was below 1.2 but did not provide an exact value.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2020
• Experts levy criticism at province over failure to disclose Alberta’s R value

  While Alberta Health had previously been providing Global News with the R value when asked, it stopped doing so after Nov. 24, when new restrictions were announced.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2020