New restrictions announced for Alberta as 860 COVID-19 cases, 10 deaths reported Thursday “Jason Kenney is keeping Albertans in the dark,” Shepherd said Friday.“We don’t have an explanation for why they chose those particular businesses.“If this premier won’t take it seriously (enough) that he’s willing to communicate openly and honestly with the people of Alberta, then we’re going to get what we have now, where we have, unfortunately, too low a level of compliance of even the most basic of things.”COVID-19 cases have been rising alarmingly for weeks in Alberta.
The caseload has overwhelmed contact tracing and strained the health-care system.Alberta set a sobering single-day record Friday with 1,155 new cases.