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China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
BEIJING - Chinese authorities are lifting a lockdown in most of its virus-hit Hubei province. People who are cleared will be able to leave the province after midnight Tuesday. The city of Wuhan, where...
Mar 24, 2020
Text-based service launched for Albertans stressed over COVID-19
AHS has launched a new text-based service to give Albertans encouragement and ease feelings of stress or anxiety as they respond to recent challenges. Albertans can text "COVID19Hope" to 393939. In re...
Mar 23, 2020 Michał Rojek | Dreamstime.com
Tories won't give feds unilateral powers to spend, borrow, tax during health crisis
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his party will not give the Trudeau government "a blank cheque" to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis. While Conservatives are prepared to ...
Mar 23, 2020
City of Red Deer closes all playgrounds
Playgrounds are now out of bounds in the city of Red Deer in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.The City announced this decision during its daily press conference on Facebook Live Monday night.Mayor Tara ...
Mar 23, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
MacKay calls for Conservative leadership vote to be held as soon as possible
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay says an election for party leader should be held as soon as logistically possible. MacKay, a former cabinet minister and early front-runner in t...
Mar 23, 2020
Florida governor orders New York travellers to quarantine
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he is issuing an executive order mandating that anyone arriving on a flight from New York City and the surrounding area submit to self-quarant...
Mar 23, 2020
Red Deer with 9 confirmed COVID-19 cases
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Red Deer has risen to nine.It's a jump of six new cases from Sunday's total and the largest single-day rise in Red Deer novel coronavirus cases to date. Ac...
Mar 23, 2020
Preliminary hearing booked for pair charged in fatal Lacombe shooting
A preliminary hearing will take place later this year for two people charged in a fatal shooting in Lacombe last December.Tyler John Campbell, 27, and Amie Joanne Rogers, 21, both of Lacombe, will be ...
Mar 23, 2020
Former Olympian, head of Game Plan urges Canadian athletes to seek support
Canada's bold stance on the 2020 Tokyo Games doesn't come without a reckoning for the country's athletes. The decision to hold Canadians back from competing in the Summer Olympic and Paralympic G...
Mar 23, 2020
XFL players are now able to sign contracts with both CFL and NFL clubs
TORONTO - Players under contract to XFL teams are free to sign CFL deals now but GMs Marcel Desjardins and Kyle Walters aren't expecting an exodus of talent north of the border. The XFL has ...
Mar 23, 2020