Alberta Announces Compensation For Families Affected by E. Coli Outbreak in Shared Daycare Kitchen

The Alberta Children's Hospital is seeing a large influx of patients following an E. coli outbreak linked to multiple daycares, in Calgary on Sept. 12, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced a one-time payment of $2,000 per child to parents of children who have been affected by the E. coli outbreak in Calgary, which has affected more than 300 individuals.

“You’ve got a number of families who are still not able to have their children return [to normal life],” she told a news conference in Calgary on Sept. 15.