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Hockey parents unsure about the future of minor hockey with COVID-19
MONTREAL - There are two black hockey bags sitting in the office of Mike Baumgartner's home, and he wonders if they will be used again. Minor hockey associations across Canada have had to cut their se...
May 12, 2020
Reopening plans and Canadians' anxiety on leaving home; In The News for May 12
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 12 ... --- C...
May 12, 2020
Being out in public is stressful in pandemic era, new survey suggests
OTTAWA - As restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 persist, a new survey suggests more than half of Canadians find it stressful to venture out in public. In a web survey conducted by poll...
May 12, 2020
Ottawa examining new, existing tools to get web giants to pay up: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - The federal heritage minister says if new tools are needed to get digital giants to pay for Canadian content, they will be built. Steven Guilbeault says he is watching how other countrie...
May 12, 2020
A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID 19
COVID-19 has sickened tens of thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed thousands. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a ...
May 12, 2020
Plans in motion for provinces to begin reopening amid COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Ottawa and Washington are working on plans to deal with an increase in cross-border traffic as states and provinces begin reopening. There's curre...
May 12, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 12, 2020: There are 69,981 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 38,469 confirmed (includ...
May 12, 2020
Archaic paper records submitted by fax hold up real-time COVID-19 data
OTTAWA - Health research experts say the archaic way Canada records deaths means the country could be missing out on data important to addressing the COVID-19 crisis. When someone dies in Ca...
May 12, 2020
Suspect goes uncaptured after evening flight from Red Deer RCMP
A suspect is on the loose after a lengthy flight from police on Sunday.Red Deer RCMP Inspector Holly Glassford says the entire ordeal began around 8:30 a.m. when police received a report of a stolen v...
May 11, 2020
Property tax hike cut again by Red Deer city council
Red Deerians won't see as much of a municipal property tax increase as previously expected following Monday's meeting of Red Deer city council.Council, which adopted a reduced 0.96 per cent increase d...
May 11, 2020