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Tuesday marks the first day back in class for most Alberta students just over two weeks after the government moved learning online.
All kindergarten to Grade 12 classes are returning to in-person learning, with the exception of schools in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo that will stay home until at least May 31.
Over the Victoria Day long weekend, Premier Jason Kenney tweeted that the government would “have exciting news this week about the great Alberta summer that lies ahead.”
The province’s Emergency Management Cabinet Committee, which makes decisions about what restrictions are in place in Alberta to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, had a scheduled virtual meeting Tuesday morning.
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Premier Jason Kenney provides a critical update on COVID-19 restrictions in our province.
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Our province has entered a critical stage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Like most places around the world, the third wave has been with us for a while now, but it has reached new heights in Alberta recently.
We have set case records.
What’s more concerning, we have also set a record for the number of Albertans with COVID in intensive care.
We have always sought to protect both lives and livelihoods throughout this pandemic.
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MLAs downplay party divisions over public health restrictions
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Local United Conservative Party MLAs are downplaying divisions within the party after 15 members signed a letter of protest over the decision to return to Phase One public health restrictions last week, and two others publicly voiced their opposition later– suggesting a growing rift in the governing party. Livingstone-Macleod MLA Roger Reid was one of those who signed the letter. In a statement released to the public, Reid attempted to clarify his reasons for doing so. “I signed the letter because I believe it is time to drastically expand our focus on the impact of COVID on the lives of Albertans,” Reid states in part. “The introduction of the vaccines has significantly reduced both hospitalizations and deaths among the most adversely impacted by the virus. While we have seen an impact on our health care system, numbers show those in ICU were lower in 2020 than in previous years.