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If anyone over the age of 75 is in custody at a provincial jail when vaccines are extended to that age group, they will be part of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Alberta Health has confirmed.
There are currently no inmates over 75 in Alberta jails. But vaccination for inmates became a political issue when federal official Opposition Leader Erin O’Toole questioned it earlier this month in a Tweet.
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An inmate on hunger strike at the Drumheller Institution says conditions have worsened amid the month-long lockdown at the unit where he’s incarcerated, despite few active COVID-19 cases remaining at the prison.
For the 30th consecutive day, the movements of inmates on Unit 9 of the medium-security federal prison remained heavily restricted on Wednesday, with no clarity on when the lockdown could end. Those incarcerated are allowed out of their cells for less than one hour each day and without regular access to the prison’s canteen, where they normally purchase food and hygiene products with their own money on top of provided meals.
‘Like a death march’: Restaurateurs hungry for word of lockdown’s end The Lure restaurant patio was a quiet scene on 17th Avenue S.W. on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Current pandemic restrictions still do not allow in-person dining. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia
Owners of eateries and other businesses under COVID-19 lockdown are girding for another extension of restrictions they say are squeezing their chances of survival.
A day before a possible end to restrictions on bars, restaurants and gyms, the province’s top doctor said those measures must remain in place due to continuing high hospitalization numbers and gave no indication when that decision might change.
CALGARY A man sentenced to 5.5 years in jail for a 2016 drunk driving crash that killed his 17-year-old daughter and left her best friend with a serious brain injury is appealing his conviction and sentence. Michael Shaun Bomford filed the appeal Wednesday. He was sentenced to jail in September 2020, along with an eight-year driving prohibition. Bomford s appeal claims the sentence was excessive and unreasonable in the circumstances, and the trial judge erred by ruling the hearsay text messages admissible at trial. Bomford is currently housed at Drumheller Institution, having been convicted of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
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