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Alberta cancels diploma exams
The Alberta government is cancelling diploma exams for Grade 12 students due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The move is part of the plan announced Friday morning by Education Minister Adriana LaGrange for ...
Mar 20, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange
Trump moves on invoking powers to spur virus supplies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has invoked the Defence Production Act to get needed medical supplies on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, mobilizing the federal government to marshal t...
Mar 20, 2020
Top Flyer: Dayton's Obi Toppin leads AP All-American team
Dayton star Obi Toppin is the lone unanimous first-team choice to The Associated Press college basketball All-America team announced Friday. Toppin was joined on the first team announced by Iowa's Luk...
Mar 20, 2020
Save-On-Foods implements new measures to better serve customers, team members during pandemic
One of Canada's major grocery chains has announced several new measures to better serve customers, and support team members in response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.Save-On-Foods is temp...
Mar 20, 2020
Trial time limits from Jordan ruling don't apply to deliberation: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the length of time a judge takes to deliberate and issue a verdict in a criminal trial is not included in the time limits the high court set to prot...
Mar 20, 2020
Baby recovers in Calgary after being found in box
CALGARY - Police in Calgary have located the mother of a newborn baby who was found abandoned in a box Thursday afternoon.Police received a call from a resident in southeast Calgary who found the baby...
Mar 20, 2020
Asylum seekers to be turned back at U.S. border, prime minister says
OTTAWA - Asylum seekers crossing into Canada on foot from the U.S. will be turned back as part of the border shutdown between the two countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement hou...
Mar 20, 2020
LPGA reschedules major in California desert to September
Amid a slew of postponements and cancellations in golf, the LPGA Tour announced a September date for what traditionally is its first major championship of the year. The ANA Inspiration, previously sch...
Mar 20, 2020
Possibilities of how NHL's potential return could look 'almost endless': Daly
At least Bill Daly's commute is a lot easier. That's perhaps the only silver lining for the NHL's deputy commissioner amid the COVID-19 pandemic that's swept the globe, crippl...
Mar 20, 2020
AMA closes locations to walk-in traffic
For the first time in its 94-year history, the Alberta Motor Association (AMA) has announced the closure of all locations to walk-in traffic in efforts to help reduce the spread of coronavirus.Accordi...
Mar 20, 2020 (AMA)