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Snowfall warning for Red Deer, surrounding areas
Get your shovels ready because it appears you'll need it in a big way this weekend. A snowfall warning has been issued for Red Deer and surrounding areas. Environment Canada says a Pacific weather sys...
Mar 06, 2020
Inuit concerned about potential spread of COVID-19 in North
OTTAWA - The Inuit Circumpolar Council says if the novel coronavirus spreads to the North, communities in Canada, Alaska and Greenland are at a much higher risk of exposure because of a chronic l...
Mar 06, 2020
Food stamp change fuels anxiety as states try to curb impact
CHICAGO - Having food stamps offers Richard Butler a stability he's rarely known in his 25 years. He was in state custody at age 2, spent his teen years at a Chicago boys' home and jail for burglary, ...
Mar 06, 2020
Netanyahu still short of majority after Israel's election
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fallen short of capturing the majority needed to form a government, near-final election results showed Wednesday, deepening a year of political deadlo...
Mar 06, 2020
Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashes
KASTANIES, Greece - Greece countered accusations from Turkey Wednesday that it was responsible for the death of a migrant, as its border authorities strove for a sixth day to keep thousands of migrant...
Mar 06, 2020
Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing
SAN FRANCISCO - Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship with 3,500 people aboard to stay back from the California coast Thursday until passengers and crew can be tes...
Mar 06, 2020
Red Deer region unemployment climbs in February
Red Deer's unemployment rate jumped again last month and is the highest in the province.The latest numbers released Friday by Statistics Canada show the local jobless rate in February climbed to 8.6 p...
Mar 06, 2020
Clean needles in prisons called 'essential health care' in court challenge
TORONTO - An Ontario court is hearing that prisoner access to sterile syringes is essential health care. In addition, advocates say provision of that health care should be separate from prison securit...
Mar 06, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 11:45 a.m. Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu says Canada is increasing its funding for COVID-19 res...
Mar 06, 2020
At sea: Passengers off California await virus test results
SAN FRANCISCO - Passengers on a cruise ship off the California coast were instructed to stay in their cabins as they awaited test results Friday that could show whether the coronavirus is circulating ...
Mar 06, 2020