EDMONTON Sahra Kaahiye feels more confident now. Kaahiye, a respiratory therapist in Edmonton, was the first Albertan to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday at approximately 4 p.m. “I do feel like I have an extra level of protection for myself as well as my patients,” she told CTV News Edmonton after she received the first of two doses of the vaccine. “I have a lot of compromised patients, especially in the respiratory wards, so I’m definitely feeling like I am protecting them as well as protecting myself.” Sahra, a respiratory therapist in Edmonton, just became the first Albertan to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.