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Alberta is reporting 425 new COVID-19 infections and two additional deaths on Friday.
This brings the total number of active cases in the province to 4,546 and raises the death toll to 1,935. The vast majority of cases remain in the Calgary Zone with 1,661, and Edmonton Zone with 1,155. There are 257 people in hospital with the virus, 38 of those are in intensive care.
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Nine new cases of the highly infectious variant strain were reported as well, bringing the province’s total to 784. The highest concentration is in the Edmonton Zone with 324, followed by Calgary Zone with 291.
Fr. McCaffery officiated Gretzky wedding
Fr. McCaffery officiated Gretzky wedding By
Andrew Ehrkamp, Canadian Catholic News January 21, 2021
EDMONTON Pastor. Mentor. Teacher. Community Leader. Friend.
Fr. Mike McCaffery was all of these and more, and the loss of the much-loved priest casts a long shadow on the Archdiocese of Edmonton where he served for more than five decades. Fr. McCaffery died Jan. 12 due to possible complications related to COVID-19. He was 85.
“As I tried in my mind to capture the significance of his death, superlative phrases sprang to mind, as I am sure was the case for many others who knew him, like ‘Death of a legend,’ ‘the passing of an era’ or ‘the end of an institution,’ ” Archbishop Richard Smith said in a statement. “These are all true, so extensive was the impact of his priestly ministry on the people of this archdiocese, and so many were his accomplishments.”