How Alberta’s COVID-19 control crashed and burned

By the big story

Posted November 26, 2020 5:14 am.

Last Updated November 26, 2020 11:43 am.

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In today’s Big Story podcast, for the first six months of the pandemic, Alberta was one of the best provinces in Canada at containing COVID-19. Then it all went wrong. This week alone, the province had a day in which its case count was higher than Ontario’s, despite having barely a third its population. How did it all fall apart out west, and who’s to blame? And what needs to happen next to salvage a dangerous situation?

GUEST: Courtney Theriault, CityNews Edmonton

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