Despite 743 new COVID cases in Alberta over the past 4 days, the variant testing is only revealing 54 new Delta cases over that same period- a far lower percentage than what we saw last week prior to AH saying they had tech issues with variant data.
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Kenney says Hinshaw's team had been working on the changes over some time, presented it to COVID cabinet committee on July 8th.
Says they accepted the submissions without changes, adding that they were driven by science and vaccine uptake.
Kenney says the province has spared no expense to battle to defense Alberta's health through COVID crisis, citing $1.5B above health budget for COVID, with $1.25B contingency in this year's budget.
Would spend more if needed, never a question of financial resources.
The heinous attack in London today confirms racism is as insidious as ever in Canada
But repulsive things like targeted slurs or vandalism are still happening daily- whether in the shadows or under our willfully blind eye- and can be the gateway that escalates to wicked violence
The one thing we've seen this month is Canadians want change to address current and past sins - but we need to actually drive that change.
Be vocal, stand up and be an ally- otherwise we'll keep spinning our tires like we've collectively done too often.
Edmonton has had at least six allegedly hate-motivated attacks on Muslims since December - those are the reported ones.
These weren't deaths, but it's violence and instills a sense of fear and terror in a community.