Student mental health challenges in Alberta partly created by masking: LaGrange

The Alberta government will be boosting funding for mental health challenges, which Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says were partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic's mask mandate. Speaking from a school in northwest Calgary, LaGrange said the Smith government recognized the issues facing students, teachers and parents and would be improving funding for an initiative announced in the most recent budget. "In Budget 2022 and in response to the child and youth well-being action plan, we committed