Alberta's minister in charge of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is defending the government's plan, despite criticism from some in the health-care sector about the province's decision to charge for shots and stray from national eligibility recommendations.

While not all seniors in Alberta qualify to get the vaccine for free, Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services Adriana LaGrange says many will end up not having to pay.

"We have approximately 800,000 seniors in the province that are 65 years of age and older. Of these, about just shy of 700,000 are eligible because they have an underlying health condition or they are immunocompromised," LaGrange told the

The ministry says those figures come from population estimates and health administrative records. Calgary Eyeopener

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