Some staff in long term care and designated supportive living facilities have yet to receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, despite the premier announcing last week that all staff and residents received a first dose.
Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Sunday, Jan. 24
Alberta reported another 463 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday down from 573 new cases on Saturday with around a 4.4 per cent positivity rate.
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Posted: Jan 24, 2021 8:54 AM MT | Last Updated: January 24
A woman wearing a mask sits on a bench in Calgary amid a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
The finance minister and premier might call this administrative reform. We call it theft, said Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) president Gil McGowan
The University of Calgary’s Board of Governors voted to increase tuition and fees at a meeting on Dec. 11, 2020.
For the second consecutive year, most undergraduate students will be facing an increase of seven per cent. Tuition for incoming students in engineering will increase by 10 per cent and incoming international students will also see their tuition increase by 10 per cent. These increases will begin in May.
Student fees will increase with daily parking rates going up by $1 a day, residence rates increasing by between two and three-and-a-half per cent depending on type, and the Student Services Fee also increasing by seven per cent. The Athletics and Campus Recreation fees will increase by seven per cent each as well.