Alberta premier, education minister to announce supports for students affected by COVID-19

Dr. Dre will be front and center on one of the world’s biggest stages when he performs at the 2022 Super Bowl on Feb. 13. The rapper will be joined by some of his closest friends in the industry — Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar — for a Halftime Show performance that is sure to be remembered. It’s almost impossible to believe that just 13 months ago, Dre suffered an apparent brain aneurysm that left him hospitalized for nearly two weeks. Luckily, Dre was able to recover from the terrifying medical scare. Learn more about it below:

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COVID-19, as the province continues to endure the pandemic.New data released by the province on Sunday suggests 402 people were receiving care in an intensive care unit (ICU), while 244 were on a ventilator. 1,704 people hospitalized in Ontario with COVID-19, 414 in intensive care The hospitalizations and ICU admissions on Sunday mark a drop from numbers reported the day earlier.On Saturday, the province said 1,704 people were hospitalized, with 414 in ICU.However, in a tweet, Ontario’s Health Minister Christine Elliott noted that not all hospitals submit data on weekends.A total of 2,265 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Ontario on Sunday.

James Blunt in their latest effort to repel protesters who are camped outside of parliament.The demonstrators, who are angry at COVID-19 vaccine mandates, have been blocking the streets of the country’s capital, Wellington, since Tuesday (February 8).Tactics used by the local authorities to try and get rid of the protesters have included turning on the water sprinklers on the lawn where they camped. But protesters retaliated by digging trenches and building makeshift drainpipes to re-route the water, according to BBC News.When the sprinkler tactic proved ineffective, police turned to blasting out Barry Manilow‘s greatest hits, which include ‘Mandy’ and ‘Could It Be Magic’, on a 15-minute loop from one of parliament’s loudspeakers, as well as the ’90s Spanish hit ‘Macarena’ and a number of vaccine messages.After catching wind of what was happening, Blunt offered his services to New Zealand authorities via Twitter.

All this week anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate protesters said that if police came they wouldn’t leave their blockade of the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., but when push came to shove that’s exactly what they did. Sean O’Shea reports.

coronavirus pandemic declaration, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) said it will “improve and increase service” on several of its routes beginning Sunday.In a press release issued Wednesday, TTC said 17 routes would be improved “as the agency starts restoring service across the network to pre-pandemic levels.” Ontario on track to remove ‘almost all restrictions’ on businesses ‘very soon,’ Doug Ford says “Throughout the pandemic, the TTC has prioritized service delivery where it is needed the most, protecting service on the busiest routes at the busiest times of day,” the release reads. “Last November, overall service had to be adjusted based on reduced staff availability.”The TTC said it is planning to restore 100 per cent of pre-pandemic service hours over the coming months as ridership increases.“Schedules and service will continue to be based on demand,” the release said.According to the TTC, on Feb.

Josh Hazlewood conceded just five runs in the Super Over as T20 World Cup champion Australia edged Sri Lanka on Sunday after the second game of their series finished in a tie.Australia Innings:Australia was sent in to bat in Sydney and posted 164 for 6, with Josh Inglis scoring 48 from 32 balls to lead the scoring.Dushmantha Chameera took 2 for 30, including wickets with consecutive balls in the 19th over to remove Steve Smith (14) and Marcus Stoinis (19), and Wanindu Hasaranga returned 2 for 33.Sri Lanka Innings:Sri Lanka was always behind in the run chase after losing wickets in the first, third and fifth overs to slip to 25 for 3, but opener Pathum Nissanka’s 73 from 53 deliveries kept the visiting team in contention.Sri Lanka needed 46 from the last 18 balls for victory and, when Hasaranga was run out for 34 on the last ball of the 19th over, still needed 19 off the last over from Stoinis to win the match and level the series.They scored 18 , with Maheesh Teekshana hitting the second ball he faced for six and Chameera hitting a four down the ground on the last ball to level the scores.Super Over :With the Super Over in play Hazlewood, who returned 3 for 22 in his four overs in regulation, bowled two dot balls and a bye, which resulted in Dinesh Chandimal being run out by a direct hit from Glenn Maxwell as Sri Lanka slipped to 1- 1. The Sri Lankans managed to get to 5 for 1 after six balls.Maxwell took a single off Hasaranga from the first ball of Australia’s Super Over and Stoinis did the rest, driving down the ground for consecutive boundaries to secure the victory with three balls to spare.

Ont.’s Ambassador Bridge.Dozens of trucks, cars, pickups and vans have blocked traffic in both directions at Canada’s busiest border crossing to the U.S. for several days.

The Scottish Government has confirmed 5,301 new cases of coronavirus have been identified overnight.

Kate Garraway has said she is discovering a 'new way to be in love' with her husband.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is under fire from within his own party, after he was seen having a business dinner with a small group of staffers, brushing the boundaries of his province’s COVID-19 restrictions.

Calgary Stampede getting the conditional green light to go ahead amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some are concerned the event could become one of the greatest superspreaders of the novel coronavirus that the province has ever seen.In an open letter to Premier Jason Kenney on Thursday, the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association, which includes Alberta’s former chief medical officer of health Dr.

Premier Jason Kenney spent another day defending his rooftop dinner with three senior cabinet ministers on the rooftop patio of the federal building, which became dubbed the ‘Sky Palace’ during the Alison Redford era. As Tom Vernon explains, the building has a history and it hasn’t been kind to premiers.

Jason Kenney and a number of his cabinet ministers were seen dining on the balcony of the so-called “Sky Palace” in Edmonton on Tuesday night.

Questions are being raised after photos circulated on social media showing Premier Jason Kenney and some cabinet ministers dining on the balcony of the “Sky Palace” in Edmonton while Alberta continues to enforce COVID-19 restrictions on dining and outdoor gatherings.

Premier Jason Kenney announced the rollout plan for second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. Sarah Offin has details on when Albertans can start booking appointments.

When responding to a question regarding a Calgary school changing its name after the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found at an unmarked burial site at a former residential school, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney took aim at cancel culture, saying “we should learn from our history.”

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces the COVID-19 data for the province on Tuesday.

Premier Jason Kenney announces the rollout plan to get second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Albertans by the end of the summer.

Stage 1 of the “Open for Summer” plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions.Premier Jason Kenney announced the three-stage plan last week, which boldly aims to lift nearly all COVID-19 public health restrictions province-wide by the end of June or early July.

COVID-19 vaccine, financial incentives from organizations might motivate individuals to get their first dose. Some Canadian organizations, such as the University of Lethbridge and DLGL Technologies, are offering a financial award for individuals who provide proof of inoculation.On Friday, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said “we want to leave no stone unturned when it comes to getting as many people vaccinated as possible, given the huge health and social benefits.”“I have asked our health department to consider some of those creative incentives for people to get vaccinated,” Kenney says.

Alberta’s premier is raising the idea of incentives for vaccination — something being done in the United States. It comes as the province is days away from step one of the reopening plan, and as Canada’s advisory committee on immunization pushes for second doses sooner.

COVID-19 vaccines, the province announced on Friday.That means Stage 2 of Alberta’s “Open for Summer” plan could begin on June 10. Hospitalizations would need to be below 500 and declining for that to go forward.“With our vaccination program protecting more Albertans every day and fewer Albertans in hospital due to COVID-19, we are on the right track to a safe reopening,” Premier Jason Kenney said in a news release.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney responds to a question about the possibility of significant COVID-19 hesitancy in the province.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says an announcement on the province’s plans to roll out second-dose COVID-19 vaccines will be coming next week after the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) update saying second doses should be offered as soon as possible with increased supply.

Premier Jason Kenney asks Albertans who are getting their COVID-19 vaccine information from “what people posted on Facebook” to look at the official sources.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces the government will be providing up to $45 million in new funding to support students who require help with literacy and numeracy after impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.

One day after unveiling a three-stage relaunch plan for the province, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney joined Gord Steinke to talk about the plan to reopen businesses and lift COVID-19 health restrictions.

Premier Jason Kenney responds to criticism regarding how Alberta’s plan to relax COVID-19 restrictions is tied to vaccination rates.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney responds to a question regarding a statement calling the Alberta NDP anti-vaxxers.

COVID-19 economic reopening plans, but Ontario’s timeline appears to lag noticeably behind others even though certain provinces had higher cases per capita during the third wave.“I think there is a paralysis, a fear of making mistakes based on the past,” political commentator Sarbjit Kaur told Global News.Calgary-based political strategist Zain Velji said Ontario Premier Doug Ford “probably paid a greater political consequence” in the second and third waves compared to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.

Staff of Edmonton’s Heritage Festival, Taste of Edmonton and Roger’s Place are buzzing after Premier Jason Kenney announced Alberta’s three stage reopening plan Wednesday. Sarah Ryan has the details.

Alberta will be open for summer — that’s the message Premier Jason Kenney delivered Wednesday when unveiling the province’s three-phase economic relaunch and COVID-19 restriction relaxation plan.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has unveiled the province’s three-stage strategy to lift COVID-19 restrictions, with all measures potentially being gone by early July. Heather Yourex-West has the details of Canada’s fastest re-opening plan, which is set to start just weeks after the province became the country’s COVID-19 hot spot.

says the province’s plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions is “aggressive to the point of recklessness” and is setting the province up for a fourth wave.“The timing is really aggressive and going to a third stage with 70 per cent (of the population vaccinated) on a single dose, in which basically the province is completely open, is irresponsible,” said Dr. James Talbot, who is the co-chair of the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association’s COVID-19 committee.“Aggressive to the point of recklessness… I’m not surprised but I’m extremely disappointed.”Earlier Wednesday, Premier Jason Kenney revealed the province’s “Open for Summer” plan, which could see the majority of public health restrictions lifted by early July.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney details Stage 2 of the province’s “open for summer” plan, which he described as a “big step forward.”

Premier Jason Kenney answers a question about what can be expected at the Calgary Stampede if public health measures are relaxed.

Premier Jason Kenney says the province estimated that about 14 per cent of the population has natural immunity to COVID-19 when drafting the “open for summer” plan.

Premier Jason Kenney responds to a question about how fast Alberta’s plan to relax COVID-19 health restrictions in the province could happen.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the mandatory indoor mask rule would be lifted as part of Stage 3 in the province’s plan to relax COVID-19 health restrictions.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces the province’s “open for summer” plan; a three-step approach that will relax most COVID-19 health restrictions.

Premier Jason Kenney outlines Stage 1 of Alberta’s “open for summer” plan, which includes increasing capacity limits for worship services and retail, limited outdoor social gatherings and reopening of personal services.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Stage 3 of the “open for summer” plan will see “almost all health restrictions… gone.”

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney unveiled the three stages the province will go through as it lifts the various COVID-19 restrictions that have been in place since last year. Tom Vernon has the details on the noon news.

It’s expected Jason Kenney will provide an update on Alberta’s strategy for safely easing COVID-19 restrictions during a Wednesday morning news conference. Sarah Offin has details.

COVID-19, bringing the province’s active case total to 16,577.As of Friday afternoon, there were 638 people across the province receiving care in hospital because of the novel coronavirus. Of those people, 177 were in the ICU.

COVID-19 restrictions that Premier Jason Kenney announced on May 4.The government of Alberta ordered all personal wellness businesses in high-risk areas to close effective May 9 for a minimum of three weeks.Personal services include esthetics such as manicures, pedicures, waxing and tanning.

COVID-19 update on Thursday afternoon.Dr. Deena Hinshaw is scheduled to hold a news conference at 3:30 p.m., which will be streamed live in this story post.