Two more UCP MLAs have confirmed to CBC News that they left Alberta during December despite their government's warnings against non-essential travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the total to nine. The information comes after CBC News asked the UCP and NDP caucuses where each member was and published a full list including the names of those who didn't say.
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Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta s chief medical officer of health, had strong words on Wednesday for business owners around the province who have broken public health restrictions. Businesses that reopen despite restrictions are increasing close contacts in their community and making it harder for others, Hinshaw wrote on Twitter.
She said those who follow restrictions are helping to ensure those restrictions can be loosened more quickly.
Alberta identified another
875 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, bringing the province to 12,838 active cases with a testing positivity rate of 5.3 per cent. Hinshaw had said on Tuesday