Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Friday, Feb. 12
A Calgary lab has partnered with a pharmacy chain that has a strong presence in rural southern Alberta to offer fee-based asymptomatic COVID-19 tests. Meanwhile, the province announced it will suspend its border pilot at the Calgary airport when new federal testing requirements come into effect.
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Posted: Feb 12, 2021 11:10 AM MT | Last Updated: February 12 Westjet employees wearing masks wait for passengers at the Calgary Airport in Calgary. Alberta s chief medical officer of health announced Thursday the province would suspend its border pilot at the Calgary airport when new federal testing requirements come into effect.(Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
Alberta frontline workers getting one-time $1,200 payment from government; one new COVID-19 case in Fort McMurray Public and private sector workers in the health care, continuing care, education, transportation and the grocery industries will be eligible for the benefit if they worked at least 300 hours between Oct. 12 and Jan. 31.
Author of the article: Vincent McDermott, Lisa Johnson
Publishing date: Feb 10, 2021 • February 13, 2021 • 6 minute read • Premier Jason Kenney (left) and Minister of Labour and Immigration Jason Copping, pictured at the Alberta Legislature in June 2019, announced a one-time $1,200 payment for eligible frontline workers in the province amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday. Ian Kucerak/Postmedia/File jpg, SP