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Cargill beef plant to reopen next week after COVID-19 outbreak forced closure
CALGARY - Workers are to return Monday to a beef processing plant south of Calgary that was closed for two weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak. Cargill says its High River facility will restart ...
Apr 29, 2020

Blackfalds commits to 0% property tax increase in 2020
As part of the ongoing situation during this pandemic, the Town of Blackfalds has reviewed the annual budget and made accommodations aimed at helping ease some of the financial burden on its tax payer...
Apr 29, 2020

U of T associate professor not optimistic CFL will get government assistance
TORONTO - An associate professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management calls the CFL's bid for securing financial aid from the Canadian government a "Hail...
Apr 29, 2020

N.L. tells 'come from aways' to stay away after pandemic rules flouted
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is clamping down on travel to the province after reports of tourists arriving by ferry to view icebergs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief medical...
Apr 29, 2020

Ontario Conservative MPs pass motion demanding Sloan apologize for attack on Tam
OTTAWA - Ontario Conservative MP Derek Sloan could face expulsion from his party's caucus over remarks he made questioning the loyalty of the country's chief public health officer. Sources tell ...
Apr 29, 2020

Doctors fret over surgery backlog after immediate COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Doctors say they're becoming increasingly concerned about how they're going to handle the swelling backlog of elective surgeries once the immediate COVID-19 threat has ebbed. Hospitals have p...
Apr 29, 2020

Manitoba to ease some COVID-19 restrictions starting in May
WINNIPEG - Many non-essential Manitoba businesses that have been shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic are to be allowed to reopen as of Monday. The Progressive Conservative government released a ph...
Apr 29, 2020

Soldiers get orderly training ahead of Quebec long-term care deployment
MONTREAL - Canadian Forces soldiers got a crash course in senior care Wednesday as members with no medical background or orderly experience prepared to deploy to Quebec long-term care homes harde...
Apr 29, 2020

Supreme Court moves provincial appeals of carbon tax to September
OTTAWA - Canada's national fight over the carbon tax won't get sorted out at the Supreme Court of Canada until the fall. The Supreme Court says appeals from both Saskatchewan and Ontario over cases th...
Apr 29, 2020

Infant nutrition classes temporarily moving online
RED DEER - Parents who have questions about feeding their growing babies have access to a free, online infant nutrition class offered by Alberta Health Services (AHS). Led by a registered dietitian, t...
Apr 29, 2020