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Article content Alberta has had the most miserable time fighting COVID-19, followed by Ontario, Quebec, new index suggests A masked pedestrian walks on the plus-15 in downtown Calgary with the Calgary Tower in the background on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Photo by Azin Ghaffari /Postmedia The so-called Misery Index, created by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, assesses pandemic responses across a broad range of metrics, including deaths per 100,000 people, excess mortality, vaccination rates, lockdown stringency, GDP losses and the assumption of public debts, among other things. Alberta posted th...

Article content Alberta has had the most miserable time among provinces handling COVID-19, followed closely by Ontario and Quebec, according to a new index that aims to compare provincial pandemic responses. The so-called Misery Index, created by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, assesses pandemic responses across a broad range of metrics, including deaths per 100,000 people, excess mortality, vaccination rates, lockdown stringency, GDP losses and the assumption of public debts, among other things. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Alberta has ha...

Lighting Up the Night for Celiac Disease on May 16th International patient organizations unite to raise awareness of genetic autoimmune disease May 13, 2021 11:07 ET | Source: Canadian Celiac Association Canadian Celiac Association French MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Sunday, May 16, iconic buildings all over the world, including those in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Boston, Edmonton, Nashville, and New York City, will be lit up in green to raise awareness for International Celiac Disease Awareness Day. Among the Canadian buildings that ...

Article content The Alberta government shouldn’t try to “reinvent the wheel” as it conducts town halls this summer with the aim of finding solutions for Calgary’s vacant office towers, Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Tuesday. In an interview, the mayor said he is pleased the United Conservative government is taking the issues facing downtown seriously, as evidenced by Tuesday’s announcement from Jobs Minister Doug Schweitzer that the province has appointed a working group tasked with making recommendations on revitalizing the city’s core. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. ...

Article content Calgary’s downtown faces problems that are so daunting, it sometimes seems difficult to see a way out of the morass. Yet, Monday was a hopeful moment: change is coming. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Varcoe: It's time to revitalize downtown Calgary Back to video For many Calgarians, it can’t happen soon enough as several tough challenges are confronting the city’s core today — too many empty office towers, an eroding tax base, and not enough people living and working in the area. During a meeting Monday, council adopt...