There are 1,494 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 116 of whom are in ICU. The province reported eight deaths caused by COVID-19 increasing the death toll to 3,830.
Large groups of police officers are moving in on protesters in downtown Ottawa, making over 100 arrests, including high profile organizers Tamara Lich, Chris Barber and Pat King, during an intense clash with the demonstrators who refuse to leave the area.
Police officers have been “covertly” patrolling, chasing and spotting from a secret plane above Edmonton since 1993, and taxpayers will foot the bill for new wings to keep that program going.