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Article content Alberta won’t be sending health-care workers to Ontario as this province has its own battle to wage with COVID-19, says a senior government spokeswoman. Jerrica Goodwin, Premier Jason Kenney’s press secretary, confirmed in an email to Postmedia Friday that Ontario Premier Doug Ford had requested assistance. Canada’s most populous province is currently dealing with a massive rise in active cases, reporting a record high of 4,736 infections on Friday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or COVID-19: Alberta not sending health-care...

Article content Alberta won’t be sending health-care workers to Ontario as this province has its own battle to wage with COVID-19, says a senior government spokeswoman. Jerrica Goodwin, Premier Jason Kenney’s press secretary, confirmed in an email to Postmedia Friday that Ontario Premier Doug Ford had requested assistance. Canada’s most populous province is currently dealing with a massive rise in active cases, reporting a record high of 4,736 infections on Friday. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Alberta not sending health-care workers t...

Author of the article: Lindsay Morey Publishing date: Apr 16, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  4 minute read  •  Alberta's chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on COVID-19, Thursday, April 15. As of Thursday, April 15, Alberta Health reported 254 active COVID-19 cases in Strathcona County — 192 cases in Sherwood Park and 62 in the rural portion of the county. CHRIS SCHWARZ /Government of Alberta Article content Almost two dozen active COVID-19 cases were recorded locally in a matter of days this week. As of Thursday, April 15, Alberta Health reporte...

Article content This week, the county’s Emergency Advisory Committee didn’t mince words regarding what’s behind the surge in local COVID-19 cases. During a COVID-19 update presented to Strathcona County council on Tuesday, April 13, Gordon George, deputy chief of the county’s Emergency Management Advisory Committee said the rapid increase in new COVID-19 infections is due to social gatherings. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Social gatherings reason behind local spread: Emergency Advisory Committee Back to video “The primary source of ...

Article content An outbreak of the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil started with a traveller returning to Alberta from out of province and has been traced to three worksites, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Monday. To date, there are 26 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across worksites in the Central Zone and North Zone and of those, three are confirmed to be the variant of concern, Hinshaw tweeted. The employees travelled between sites and the cases are linked to them and their household contacts. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your br...