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Call for COVID-19 protective equipment spurs college, distiller, TV show to help
VICTORIA - The novel coronavirus shut down the respiratory therapy program at Fanshawe College but that didn't stop the school from supplying much needed frontline equipment to fight COVID-19. Pr...
Mar 20, 2020
Chamber offering support for employers, workers during COVID-19 pandemic
The Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce has created an "information pipeline," of sorts, on how to guide local employers and their staff through the COVID-19 pandemic.Chamber CEO Rick More says ...
Mar 20, 2020
Major League Soccer extends training moratorium due to COVID-19 outbreak
TORONTO - Major League Soccer has extended its moratorium on team training through March 27. The news comes one day after the league announced that, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it was extending its ...
Mar 20, 2020
Province gives COVID-19 update for March 20
Premier Jason Kenney will provide an update on COVID-19 in Alberta during a news conference scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Immediately following, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of he...
Mar 20, 2020
Illinois governor orders residents to stay at home
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday ordered all state residents to remain in their homes except for essentials, joining similar dramatic efforts in California and New York to lim...
Mar 20, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 20, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3 p.m. on March 20, 2020: There are 943 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Ontario: 308 confirmed (including 2 ...
Mar 20, 2020
Peterson slams party's refusal to adjust leadership rules amid COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Alberta businessman Rick Peterson is abandoning his bid to lead the federal Conservatives, citing the party's refusal to adjust eligibility rules in the midst of the COVID-19 c...
Mar 20, 2020
Drastic measures to fight COVID-19 continue as case count approaches 1,000
OTTAWA - Canada continued to ramp up its fight against COVID-19 on Friday, enlisting the help of the corporate world and taking further measures to limit border crossings as the number of cases&n...
Mar 20, 2020
Next ski generation emerges to take cross-country torch from Harvey, Kershaw
Remi Drolet's first World Cup cross-country ski races were Alex Harvey's last. As he chugged across Quebec City's Plains of Abraham, Drolet could hear race commentators hailing the swan song of the pr...
Mar 20, 2020
Drug house shut down in north Red Deer
A residence in north Red Deer that's been the scene of drug trafficking activity has been boarded up for the next three months.The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit of the Alberta Sheri...
Mar 20, 2020 Police have shut down a residence on Gunn Street where drug trafficking activity took place (rdnewsNOW/Sheldon Spackman)