Jacob Lafferty travelled 2,000 kilometres with his father from their home in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., to Edmonton to get surgery on his elbow. "We flew down Sunday, went for our appointment Monday only to be told that everything is cancelled," said Lafferty's father, Tyrone Raddi. Raddi said it was nerve-wracking enough travelling from a small community that has never had a case of COVID-19, to a hotspot like Edmonton. (Submitted by Tyrone Raddi)Record numbers of patients in Alberta ICUsAlberta is facing soaring numbers of COVID-19 patients. Hospitals buckling under the load have had to cancel surgeries for Alberta patients as well as those in the N.W.T.

Source: CBC News September 24, 2021 17:10 UTC