Live Breaking News & Updates on Covid northern alberta

Stay informed with the latest breaking news from Covid northern alberta on our comprehensive webpage. Get up-to-the-minute updates on local events, politics, business, entertainment, and more. Our dedicated team of journalists delivers timely and reliable news, ensuring you're always in the know. Discover firsthand accounts, expert analysis, and exclusive interviews, all in one convenient destination. Don't miss a beat — visit our webpage for real-time breaking news in Covid northern alberta and stay connected to the pulse of your community

Edmonton Folk Fest cancels 2021 festival with 'variants and vaccine rollout still uncertain'

EDMONTON --
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival cancelled its 2021 festival at Gallagher Park for the second year in a row.
Set to take place in August, Edmonton Folk Fest cancelled the event on Monday citing safety concerns with the ongoing pandemic.
"With so many variables at play, the complexity of planning and delivering a festival of this size makes it impossible to move forward in our usual manner," a release read. "Without full vaccination, we won’t be fully safe from the spread of the virus. With virus variants and vaccine rollout still uncertain, the impossibility of social distancing at our event could lead to community spread."

Calgary , Alberta , Canada , Jason-kenney , Edmonton-folk-music-festival , Gallagher-park , Edmonton-folk-fest , Calgary-stampede , Folk-music-festival , Folk-fest , Edmonton-news

Alberta adds more than 1K new cases for 6th straight day

The provinces reproduction number, the average number of people someone with COVID-19 will infect, indicates daily case counts are unlikely to fall in the immediate future.
The province's R-value remained above one across all four regions it's measured for a fourth straight week, including a 1.12 provincewide value.
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 grew to 390 on Monday, including 90 patients in intensive care units.
Alberta registered a 9.05 per cent test positivity based on just over 12,000 tests.
As of the end of Sunday, Alberta had administered 864,941 doses of vaccines, including 177,560 second doses.

Deena-hinshaw , Edmonton-news , Local , Breaking , Alberta , Weather , Red-deer , Grande-prairie , Fort-mcmurray , Oilers , Eskimos

Downtown Dining Week a 'critical time' to support local: association

EDMONTON --
Downtown Dining Week in Edmonton is still a go. It kicks off on Tuesday and will run until April 25.
More than 45 restaurants are offering “crave-worthy” multi-course menus for takeout and patio-friendly dining.
Each restaurant will feature a price-fixed menu ranging anywhere from $20 to $65 for lunch, brunch and dinner, according to the Downtown Business Association (DBA).
The “Keep your Cravings Local” campaign is aimed at supporting local business and independently owned restaurants in the city.
Several downtown patios have opened early this season on the heels of new restrictions. According to the association, 26 participating restaurants will offer al fresco dining from sidewalk tables to parking-space patios.

Puneeta-mcbryan , Instagram , Downtown-business-association , Downtown-dining-week , Edmonton-news , Local , Breaking , Alberta , Weather , Red-deer , Grande-prairie , Fort-mcmurray

Alberta legislature speaker apologizes for signing letter opposing COVID-19 restrictions

Alberta's legislature speaker apologized on Monday after he and 16 MLAs denounced the province's latest COVID-19 restrictions last week.

Jason-kenney , Nathan-cooper , Premier-jason-kenney , Speaker-nathan-cooper , Edmonton-news , Local , Breaking , Alberta , Weather , Red-deer , Grande-prairie

Dog rescue caught on camera prompts ice warning from firefighters

Another dog was rescued from the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton over the weekend.

North-saskatchewan-river , Canada-general , Canada , Ryan-duplessis , Edmonton-fire-rescue-services , Fire-rescue-services , Edmonton-news , Local , Breaking , Alberta , Weather , Red-deer

Transit bump could 'decrease ridership': Free Transit Edmonton

EDMONTON --
More than 1,400 Edmontonians signed a petition calling for a freeze on transit fares as the cost is expected to rise.
The planned bump would see fares go from $3.50 to $3.75.
On Monday, Free Transit Edmonton an organization that believes in a fare free transit system, presented their petition to city council before they met with Edmonton Transit Service to discuss the change.
Paige Gorsak an organizer with Free Transit Edmonton, said while the 25 cent increase doesn’t seem like much, it could mean the difference of some individuals finding other modes of transportation.
“We’re seeing our bus fare go up to being one of the highest in the country,” Gorsak said. “Above Vancouver, above Toronto, above Montreal for a system that I don’t know would compare if we were looking at services offered.”

Montreal , Quebec , Canada , Toronto , Ontario , Vancouver , British-columbia , Paige-gorsak , Cole-rockarts , Edmonton-transit-service , Free-transit-edmonton , Edmonton-news

O'Chiese First Nation calls on ASIRT to complete 'unbiased' investigation into death of community member following RCMP confrontation

The O’Chiese First Nation is calling on the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) to investigate a police confrontation resulting in the death of a 24-year-old community member with “objectively” and “without favoritism.”

Douglas-beaverbones , Alberta-serious-incident-response-team , O-chiese-first-nation , Chiese-first-nation , Edmonton-news , Local , Breaking , Alberta , Weather , Red-deer , Grande-prairie , Fort-mcmurray

Mandatory vaccinations in Alberta no more under new UCP proposed legislation

Bill 66 would repeal sections of the controversial Bill 10 that allowed cabinet to make changes without the approval of the legislature while also removing legislation to make vaccines mandatory.

Tyler-shandro , Jason-kenney , David-shepherd , Public-health , United-conservative-party , Alberta-health , Health-minister , United-conservative , Health-minister-tyler-shandro , Public-health-act , Edmonton-news , Local

Edmonton fire chief pleads for firefighter's inclusion in vaccine rollout

Edmonton’s fire chief is asking the province to allow firefighter’s access to the COVID-19 vaccine as a growing number of them contract COVID-19 and overtime costs soar to $1 million.

United-kingdom , Calgary , Alberta , Canada , British , Joe-zatylny , Calgary-firefighters-association , Chief-joe-zatylny , Edmonton-zone , British-columbia , Edmonton-news

Crown and Anchor Pub & Grill in north Edmonton given closure order by AHS

EDMONTON --
A local restaurant tried to keep its indoor dining open to the public despite current public health restrictions.
Under current restrictions, only patio service and take-out are permitted because of rising COVID-19 cases. Indoor dining was to end Friday at noon.
Terry and Theresa Shaw, owners of The Crown and Anchor Pub & Grill in Edmonton said in an interview with CTV News Edmonton on Saturday, that they will remain open for indoor dining.
They say it’s a matter of keeping the doors open to survive or going out of business.
“We are doing this because our staff cannot do another lockdown,” Theresa said. “They have just used all their money and savings and everything on the first two lockdowns. They cannot go for another lockdown.”

Theresa-shaw , Alberta-health-services , Facebook , Anchor-pub , Anchor-saturday , Chief-medical-officer , Edmonton-news , Local , Breaking , Alberta , Weather , Red-deer