Beyond Local

There will be $5 million a year toward recruitment and retention strategies in rural and remote areas, and $2.5 million a year for relocation assistance.

Tim Richter, CEO of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness said homeless camps are growing across Canada and there are more people without housing. There are also compounding crises as housing affordability deteriorates and drug overdose deaths spike.

“Survivors need to be able to choose if, when, and where they feel safe to report,” it reads.

The temporary policy will apply from Dec. 19 to Feb. 12.

It is estimated that the Omicron variant made up about 88 per cent of cases as of Tuesday in Ontario.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley said she believes the investigation is related to anecdotal reports that surfaced in September about Albertans being able to get access to the private health information of others through glitches on the province’s COVID-19 website.

Changes to restrictions exemption program to take effect Dec. 24.

“Overall calls to shelter went down as COVID-19 cases went up. For each wave as the number of cases increased the calls and admissions went down,” said Jan Reimer, director of the Alberta Council of Women's Shelters.

Projects will be announced in 2022, but due to global supply-chain issues and the ability for the industry to take on projects, communities might not get connected until 2023 or 2024.

There were 1,045 Omicron infections in the province on Monday, up from 173 reported on Friday, and more than half the cases reported to date have been in the Calgary zone.