As COVID-19 cases decrease and immunizations increase, Calgary has lifted its local state of emergency. The city's first state of emergency ran from March to June 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the move to end the nearly seven-month-long state of emergency shouldn't change Calgarians' behaviour. We don't want that fourth wave, we don't want to go backwards. "We don't want that fourth wave, we don't want to go backwards, nobody wants that … that future is in our hands."

Source: CBC News June 14, 2021 20:52 UTC