CALGARY The Centre for Newcomers (CFN) has partnered with the Calgary East Zone Newcomers Collaborative (CENC) in order to feed the most vulnerable community members in East Calgary. In partnership and as a satellite location of the Calgary Food Bank, CFN received funding from the Government of Alberta, United Way and Enmax for these hampers along with non- perishable items sourced through food bank shipments. Alberta Minister of Community and Social Services Rajan Sawhney was one of the two dozen volunteers packing and delivering hampers to the community Wednesday. The hampers are available to anyone in the community who needs them due to quarantine, job-loss or any of the extenuating circumstances brought on by the pandemic.
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The first Alberta health-care workers received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday afternoon, less than 24 hours after the doses landed in Calgary.
Respiratory therapist Sahra Kaahiye, who works at the University of Alberta Hospital, CapitalCare Norwood, and Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, was the first person in Alberta to roll up her sleeve to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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“I am grateful to be one of the first health-care workers in Alberta to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. I am from the Somali community and I want to set an example for my community,” Kaahiye said in a release from Alberta Health.
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The first Alberta health-care workers received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday afternoon, less than 24 hours after the doses landed in Calgary.
Respiratory therapist Sahra Kaahiye, who works at the University of Alberta Hospital, CapitalCare Norwood, and Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton, was the first person in Alberta to roll up her sleeve to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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“I am grateful to be one of the first health-care workers in Alberta to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. I am from the Somali community and I want to set an example for my community,” Kaahiye said in a release from Alberta Health.