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“To prevent rural areas with small populations from being unfairly impacted, municipalities with fewer than 250 active cases” will be excluded from the harsh return-to-lockdown rules announced by Premier Jason Kenney and chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw on Thursday.
That’s not an accurate statement.
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If the UCP government was being truthful, that part of their announcement would read, “To prevent rural MLAs from revolting against the leader of their party, we are exempting their constituents from COVID restrictions even though that goes against the science.”
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In the face of a surging third COVID-19 wave, the province said Tuesday it’s reducing surgeries by as much as 30 per cent in its most populous zones.
That move came as the province’s test positivity rate reached 11.4 per cent on Monday the highest level since the pandemic began.
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It’s the first time that figure exceeded 11 per cent since Dec. 3 during COVID-19’s second wave, and was reached as the province recorded 1,539 new cases.
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Publishing date: Apr 22, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 3 minute read • Premier Jason Kenney announced, from Edmonton on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, that Alberta is returning to Step 1 of the four-step framework to protect the health system and reduce the rising spread of COVID-19 provincewide. Photo by Chris Schwarz /Government of Alberta
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The Alberta government and the country’s largest oil and gas lobbying group say a gap in Ottawa’s planned carbon capture tax credit will be counterproductive in reducing emissions.
The federal budget, released Monday, includes the promise of major tax credits for carbon capture utilization and storage projects (CCUS) beginning in 2022, including hydrogen production, with the aim of reducing emissions by at least 15 megatonnes every year.
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More than 350 Calgary pharmacies now offering COVID-19 vaccine Pharmacist Brian Jones with a COVID-19 vaccine at the Evergreen Village Shoppers Drug Mart in Calgary. Photo by Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia