Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday
CBC
The latest:
Alberta is expanding COVID-19 booster eligibility to more vulnerable groups as the province battles a severe wave of infections that has strained its health-care system for weeks. Meanwhile, B.C. is making third doses available to a wider group of immunocompromised people.
Starting Wednesday in Alberta, everyone who is 75 years of age or older and First Nations, Inuit or Métis people who are 65 or older can book a third dose of the vaccine, provided it has been six months since their last dose.
"We're doing this because older Albertans remain uniquely at risk and will benefit from more protection," Premier Jason Kenney said at a news conference Tuesday.
The change means more than 150,000 Albertans will be eligible for booster shots by the end of October, he said.
Alberta reported 663 new cases and 26 additional deaths on Tuesday. There were 1,094 COVID-19 patients being treated in hospital, including 252 in intensive care.
The Canadian Armed Forces is preparing to send up to eight critical care nurses to help in the province's intensive care units.
P.E.I.'s Public Schools Branch is looking for 50 substitute bus drivers, and it'll be recruiting at three job fairs on Saturday, June 8. The job fairs are located at the Atlantic Superstore in Montague, Royalty Crossing in Charlottetown, and the bus parking lot of Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside. All three run from 9 a.m. until noon. Dave Gillis, the director of transportation and risk management for the Public Schools Branch, said the number of substitute drivers they're hiring isn't unusual. "We are always looking for more. Our drivers tend to have an older demographic," he said.