Open this photo in gallery Alberta Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange provides an update on COVID-19 and back-to-school guidance in Edmonton, on Aug.... COVID-19 is rebounding across the province, and Medicine Hat has the second-highest rate of active infections per capita in Alberta, behind the Banff region.... As a result, a patchwork of policies is emerging across Alberta, with rules varying by school division, rather than by the status of the pandemic in any given area....