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Rapid test for COVID-19 recalled after Health Canada expresses concerns
OTTAWA - A rapid test developed for COVID-19 has experienced a setback. Ottawa's Spartan Bioscience says it is voluntarily recalling its COVID-19 product and performing additional studies after Health...
May 03, 2020
Police searching for escapee from Maskwacis prison
MAY 6: Tyrone Emblau was arrested without incident by the Maskwacis RCMP Community Response Unit and General Investigative Section (CRU-GIS) on the evening of May 5 in Calgary. Emblau remains in custo...
May 03, 2020 (Correctional Service Canada)
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:53 a.m. ET on May 3, 2020: There are 57,148 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 29,656 confirmed...
May 03, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:40 a.m. The federal government is investing millions to boost online access to health services and to support a Vancou...
May 03, 2020
Venezuela says it foiled attack by boat on main port city
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan officials said they foiled an early morning attempt by a group of armed men to invade the country by boat on Sunday, killing eight attackers and arresting two more. Soc...
May 03, 2020
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
TOPEKA, Kan. - Joe Biden has overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas that the state party conducted exclusively by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic. The former vice-pres...
May 03, 2020
Alberta parks partnership rules to be released, critics call for consultation
EDMONTON - Albertans are expected to learn Monday how they can take up to 164 provincial parks and recreation sites off the hands of a government that no longer wants them. The decision, announced in ...
May 03, 2020
Security guards in high demand, face more stress on job during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an enormous demand for security guards, whose job descriptions have been expanded to include temperature checks, grocery store crowd control and - in at least one cas...
May 03, 2020
Central Alberta photographer offering Grad 2020 lawn signs
A Red Deer photographer is trying to inject a little joy back into the lives of graduating students who were told recently they won't get to go to prom because of COVID-19.The project is called the Gr...
May 03, 2020
'The work is still getting done': NHL teams preparing for unusual draft
Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning and his NHL counterparts usually have the luxury of a picture that's mostly come into focus. A normal draft year will see scouts and execut...
May 03, 2020