Premier Jason Kenney insisted for months he’d be satisfied with getting the most simple of majorities of 50 per cent of the vote plus one ballot in the leadership review. But, after receiving a paltry 51.4 per cent of the vote, he decided to step down as leader. It now means that Alberta is set to have its sixth premier in 10 years.
Alberta's COVID-19 death toll spiked again this week, but the province's chief medical officer of health says the high number of weekly deaths should not last for long.