Alberta's Kenney tightens COVID rules to prevent looming hospital catastrophe, triage
EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney, with surging COVID-19 rates threatening to overwhelm Alberta’s hospitals, is reintroducing stricter rules on gatherings, businesses and schools not seen since the first wave of the pandemic. Kenney, in a live address on TV, social media and the United Conservative government's website, said the next three weeks are critical and that potential catastrophe awaits. “If exponential growth of COVID-19 in Alberta continues, it would begin to push the outer limits of even our surged and expanded hospital capacity within weeks,” Kenney said Tuesday night. “W...