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  • "Paid parking at large parks and amenities, a reduction in programs, and outsourcing of golf course and recreation centre operations to third parties are options being looked at by the City of Edmonton to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic," reports the Edmonton Journal. No decisions have been made about the services, city manager Andre Corbould explained on March 29.
  • The province has released a new draft of the K-6 curriculum which is set to be piloted in some classrooms this fall.
  • The country's first Métis-led vaccine clinic has opened in Edmonton. “Métis Albertans have unique health needs that put us at severe health risks for outcomes like hospitalization or death related to COVID-19,” Métis Nation of Alberta director of health Reagan Bartel said.
  • Alberta has temporarily suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for people under the age of 55 following a recommendation from Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization. There have been several reports of blood clots from patients in Europe.
  • Compensation for more than 400 post-secondary executives across the province has been capped due to new provincial guidelines outlining pay and benefits that can be offered to senior leaders.
  • The Edmonton Journal wrote about PCL Construction president and CEO Dave Filipchuk and how the company has "adapted to the new normal" during COVID-19.