Families react to new policy banning visitors from Alberta hospitals

At a time when Albertans are already being told to physically distance, the distance between hospital patients and their loved-ones has grown as Alberta restricts visitors at hospitals and long-term care homes. On Saturday, the parking lot outside of University of Alberta’s Hospital transformed into a sort of waiting room. A place for Jaime Fernandez to sit in his car and to be close to his son who he drove to the ER because the Crohn’s patient wasn’t feeling well. Across the s