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A day after Premier Jason Kenney said Alberta could be ready to welcome domestic and international visitors within weeks, a federal advisory panel has…

Article content A day after Premier Jason Kenney said Alberta could be ready to welcome domestic and international visitors within weeks, a federal advisory panel has recommended that Canada move to eliminate its mandatory quarantine requirements for travellers who have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The recommendation, released by Canada’s COVID-19 Testing and Screening Expert and Advisory Panel on Thursday, has not yet been adopted. In a statement, federal Health Minister Patty Haj...

COVID-19 Update: 351 new cases, 16 deaths | Border testing pilot to be suspended at YYC | Hinshaw says schools continue to be safe places Newsroom Staff © Provided by Calgary Herald Travellers participate in the Border Testing Pilot Program for a COVID-19 test upon arrival from overseas at YYC (Calgary International Airport) on Friday, January 29, 2021. Replay Video Skip Ad With news on COVID-19 happening rapidly, we’ve created this page to bring you our latest stories an...

U.S. to supply Canada’s AstraZeneca vaccines, Liberals say, after indications they would come from India Procurement Minister Anita Anand. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press/File Canada’s supply of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines will come from the United States, the federal government said Friday, despite the vaccine manufacturer indicating just 12 days ago that those doses would come from India. Canada has an agreement with AstraZeneca to buy 20 million doses of its vac...

Alberta variant cases now at 68; province says strict testing and tracking in place by Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press Posted Feb 4, 2021 5:33 pm MDT Last Updated Feb 4, 2021 at 5:44 pm MDT EDMONTON — Alberta reported Thursday it has 68 variant cases of COVID-19, up 11 from the day before, seven of them with no known link to travel. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the chief medical officer of health, said two of the new cases have potentially exposed two Calgary zone schools. Earlier possible exposures w...

Dean Bennett Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates media on the Covid-19 situation in Edmonton on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson February 04, 2021 - 4:33 PM EDMONTON - Alberta reported Thursday it has 68 variant cases of COVID-19, up 11 from the day before, seven of them with no known link to travel. Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the chief medical officer of health, said two of the new cases have potentially exposed two Calg...

JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press Alberta is increasing the mandatory quarantine period for people who live with someone who has tested positive for a COVID-19 variant to 24 days from the current 14. The new quarantine rules will be the strictest in Canada, where the number of variant cases identified has been growing, including more than 50 in Alberta. “We are being extra cautious to reduce the chance of infection spreading widely into the community,” Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health...

New travel restrictions imposed by the federal government on Friday — including the temporary cancellation of all sun destination flights from Canada — will…

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On March 16, 2020, Canada announced that it would be closing its borders to international travelers but for a few exceptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A few days later, Canada and the United States mutually agreed to temporarily restrict all nonessential travel across the U.S.-Canada land border. The travel restrictions are still currently in force at the date of publication of this arti...