Almost all COVID-19 public health restrictions will be lifted in Alberta on Canada Day as the province prepares to enter the final stage of its COVID-19 reopening plan. 

Stage 3 of Alberta’s Open for Summer plan will begin on July 1, Premier Jason Kenney announced Friday.

“The end of this terrible time is just two weeks away,” Kenney said during Friday’s news conference, which also saw the province kick off another round of second dose vaccine appointments.

Kenney thanked Albertans for getting vaccinated and enduring a gruelling 16 months of restrictions that he said have put many Alberta businesses on their “last legs.”

“I never doubted