Article content continued“What Albertans need to see is very strong leadership and very clear communication and instead what we got was a grab bag of half measures,” Shepherd said. While they’re the strictest measures the province has brought in during the pandemic, critics have charged they don’t go far enough at a time when cases are soaring. HInshaw has described the rising cases like a “snowball multiplying.”As of Monday, Alberta had the highest case count in the entire country. On Wednesday, the total active case number was 13,719, with 355 people in hospital, 71 in the ICU and 500 dead from the virus. “In my opinion, that’s about how effective these measures are likely to be.”

Source: National Post November 25, 2020 23:15 UTC