Those shops were allowed to open last week in the rest of Alberta, but the government wanted to see progress in Calgary and Brooks before giving them the green light there.Retailers and daycares were allowed to open provincewide last week.
This is the first phase of Alberta’s strategy to reopen its economy after flattening the curve on the pandemic. Alberta has 926 active cases, with 59 people in hospital, and its per capita testing rates among the highest in the world. Kenney says if the numbers continue to stay flat or decline, the next phase of reopening movie theatres, spas and other personal care services will proceed as planned on June 19.to read the day’s essential coronavirus news, features and explainers written by Globe reporters and editors.