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Feds reject eight million N95 masks from a single distributor
OTTAWA - The federal government has suspended shipments of N95 respirators from a Montreal-based supplier after about eight million of the masks made in China failed to meet specifications. ...
May 08, 2020
Rimbey doctors latest to write health minister with concerns
Six doctors in Rimbey have written Health Minister Tyler Shandro to say that the crisis in rural healthcare in the province would continue until the government returns to the table and reaches a bindi...
May 08, 2020
Province announces employee training supports for agri-businesses
The Government of Alberta has created a new Agriculture Training Support Program in response to COVID-19 to help employers in the food supply chain provide necessary training to new Alberta employees....
May 08, 2020
Disaster Recovery Program announced for northern Alberta flood victims
The Government of Alberta is providing up to $147 million to help Albertans in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Mackenzie County recover and rebuild after spring flooding caused significa...
May 08, 2020
Declining COVID-19 hospitalizations in Alberta is encouraging: Dr. Hinshaw
Alberta's chief medical officer of health says she is shifting the way she presents the province's daily COVID-19 numbers.During her daily address on Friday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said hospitalizations an...
May 08, 2020
Peer pressure, public messaging will affect behaviour when rules loosen: experts
TORONTO - Peer pressure and public messaging will influence Canadians' ability and willingness to maintain safe behaviours as restrictions around COVID-19 begin to loosen, some experts say a...
May 08, 2020
First Nation, Metis, Inuit leaders concerned about Indigenous COVID-19 outbreaks
OTTAWA - First Nations, Inuit and Metis leaders are raising concern about a growing number of outbreaks of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities and say it's getting harder to find the money an...
May 08, 2020
Alberta COVID-19 recoveries surpass 4,000
Alberta is reporting 81 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total to 6,098.The number of cases in the Central zone has increased by three to 97. One of the new cases is being reported in Red...
May 08, 2020
Alberta officials share COVID-19 update for May 8
Alberta's chief medical officer of health and other officials will give an update on the COVID-19 situation in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a media conference scheduled to begin at 3:3...
May 08, 2020
Federal settlement for thalidomide survivors gets court's approval
OTTAWA - A federal judge has locked in a compensation program for Canadians born with birth defects because of the drug thalidomide. Thalidomide was approved in Canada to treat morning sickness in pre...
May 08, 2020