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Alberta won’t be sending health-care workers to Ontario as this province has its own battle to wage with COVID-19, says a senior government spokeswoman.
Jerrica Goodwin, Premier Jason Kenney’s press secretary, confirmed in an email to Postmedia Friday that Ontario Premier Doug Ford had requested assistance. Canada’s most populous province is currently dealing with a massive rise in active cases, reporting a record high of 4,736 infections on Friday.
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EDMONTON He’s a 34-year-old rookie who recently made NBA history and he’s from Edmonton. Last week, Matthew Kallio became the first Canadian referee to work an game in the NBA’s 74 years of existence. “It is something I’m very proud of and proud to represent the country, myself and my family,” said Kallio. His debut in the NBA is seven years in the making. That’s when Kallio was first identified as a recruit for the NBA’s development league. “I use the analogy. It s kind of like playing. It s so self-competitive.watching tape constantly. Keeping myself in shape,” Kallio told CTV News after working three NBA games last week.
A female resident in her 70s who died on Jan. 20 was among the 16 deaths reported by the province on Thursday. There have been 262 cases at the facility, including three currently active cases as well as 204 recoveries. Lynnwood has 276 long-term care beds, according to its website. The outbreak was first declared in late November. The facility is in Edmonton s Jasper Place health subzone, which has seen its deaths spike from 13 at the start of December to 97 as of yesterday s data. Jasper Place also has the highest per capita active infection rate of any Edmonton subzone. As of Friday morning, Alberta has reported 1,500 deaths due to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in March. Of those, 662 have died in the city of Edmonton.
Posted: Dec 24, 2020 8:00 AM MT | Last Updated: December 24, 2020
Outreach volunteers providing COVID-19 care kits started going door to door this week in some of the hardest hit neighbourhoods in Edmonton and Calgary.(Supplied by Noor Al-Henedy)
When Alberta s COVID-19 outreach program began to reach front doors this week, volunteers say they were met with delight and appreciation. It s something you don t expect to see at your door, someone handing out at least two packages of self-protective gear and saying happy holidays, volunteer Hanan Noor said.
Volunteers have started distributing care kits this week directly to households in the neighbourhoods hit hardest by COVID-19 in Edmonton and Calgary. Noor participated in Edmonton on Tuesday and Wednesday, going door-to-door in the Mill Woods area.
People who need to self-isolate because of COVID-19 but can’t do it safely in their own homes are eligible to stay in a provincially funded hotel, with three meals a day, in an attempt for the government to help slow down the spread of COVID-19.
On Tuesday, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announced an expansion of the provincial self-isolation hotel program with16 hotels ready to be filled – six in Calgary, nine in Edmonton and one in Peace Ricer. The hotel system will have a maximum capacity in Calgary of 791 spots; Edmonton’s will have over 1,300.
Help support neighbourhoods
The expansion is part of a broader program, Covid Care, launched by the government to help support neighbourhoods most impacted by COVID-19. The government is working to secure more hotel space in the two major cities, along with Fort McMurray and Red Deer.