Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Tuesday, April 20 (Tue, 20 Apr 2021)
Alberta will start offering the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to people age 40 and over today as Calgary's walk-in immunizaton clinic moves from the Southport site to the larger-capacity
Telus Convention Centre.
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Bohdan Medwidsky, champion of Ukrainian culture in Edmonton, dies of COVID-19 (Tue, 20 Apr 2021)
Bohdan Medwidsky, a community activist and professor who pioneered the study of Ukrainian culture at the University of Alberta, died on March 28 in the COVID-19 ward at the Grey Nuns Community
Hospital. He was 84 and had comorbidities.
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How 'orphaned voters' may end up deciding the next Alberta election (Tue, 20 Apr 2021)
Twenty-seven per cent of voters in a recent CBC News poll said they like neither the UCP nor the NDP — but many couldn’t point to a preferred alternative.
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Border towns, tourist destinations brace for B.C. travel restrictions (Tue, 20 Apr 2021)
Communities on both sides of the Alberta-British Columbia border are bracing for incoming travel restrictions that the B.C. government says will be coming Friday.
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Future of federal child-care budget promises unclear for Alberta families (Tue, 20 Apr 2021)
Monday’s federal budget pledged $30 billion over the next five years for a national child care program. But Alberta is expected to pitch in, too.
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Alberta reports 1,391 new cases of COVID-19, three more deaths (Mon, 19 Apr 2021)
Only 17,556 vaccine doses were administered Sunday, the lowest number in two weeks, bringing the total to 1,166,125, with 233,687 Albertans now fully vaccinated.
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Police looking for mother of 3-day-old infant found in northeast Edmonton (Mon, 19 Apr 2021)
Edmonton police are trying to track down the mother of a three-day old baby found in a multi-unit residence in the city's northeast Sunday.
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McDavid's 3-point night propels Oilers past Canadiens (Tue, 20 Apr 2021)
Connor McDavid scored the winner late in the third period as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 in a physical affair Monday.
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Bill would allow cabinet ministers to campaign on referendum questions (Mon, 19 Apr 2021)
The Alberta government has introduced a new bill that would allow cabinet ministers to speak about issues that go to a vote in a referendum.
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Infectious disease experts applaud Alberta's decision to lower age to receive AstraZeneca vaccine (Mon, 19 Apr 2021)
Infectious disease experts in Alberta are welcoming news that AstraZeneca-Oxford, a COVID-19 vaccine, will soon be made available to those as young as 40.
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