Numbers are down three per cent down from a week ago but case counts are still over 1,000 per day

The Alberta government says changes are coming to further protect free speech on campuses as a former professor speaking out on so-called “woke” policies prepares for a showdown with the University of Lethbridge.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, facing consistently high COVID cases that are pushing the health system to the brink of collapse, is rejecting new measures and a so-called “firebreak” lockdown of the economy.