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Wall Street adds to its gains as hopes build for virus peak
NEW YORK - Stocks are higher in midday trading on Wall Street Tuesday as markets around the world aimed to add to their huge rally from a day earlier. The S&P 500 was up nearly 2.5% after being up...
Apr 07, 2020
CFL postpones start of regular season due to COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO - The CFL is postponing the start of its 2020 season until the beginning of July due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioner Randy Ambrosie announced the postponement in a release Tue...
Apr 07, 2020
Alberta minister says patience running short for federal energy industry aid
Alberta's energy minister says patience in her province is wearing thin for a promised aid package from the federal government for the oil and gas sector.Sonya Savage, speaking at the Canadian Associa...
Apr 07, 2020 Minister of Energy Sonya Savage (Photo: The Canadian Press/Amber Bracken)
Kalen Schlatter seeks to challenge murder conviction in death of Tess Richey
TORONTO - A Toronto man found guilty of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman hours after they met is seeking to challenge his murder conviction. Kalen Schlatter filed a notice of...
Apr 07, 2020
Red Deer Catholic partners with Author Sigmund Brouwer in at-home learning
Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools is partnering with Sigmund Brouwer, the author of over 100 titles, to make his Academy of Writers (Grade 4-8) curriculum available to all teachers, parents and stude...
Apr 07, 2020
Mounties seize loaded firearms form vehicle in Caroline
The Rocky Mountain House RCMP Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) made arrests on April 1, and seized three loaded firearms from within a vehicle. One of these firearms, police say, was a sawed-off shotgun.At ...
Apr 07, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:12 a.m. on April 7, 2020: There are 17,062 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 8,580 confirmed (inclu...
Apr 07, 2020
Trudeau provides COVID-19 update for April 7
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will share his latest update on the federal government's response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.Trudeau is to speak during a news conference scheduled to...
Apr 07, 2020
Grisham out as press secretary, will head first lady's staff
WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is leaving her post after never holding a single formal press briefing. Grisham will be assuming a new role as chief of staff to first lady M...
Apr 07, 2020
Employers posted solid job openings before virus shutdowns
WASHINGTON - U.S. employers posted a healthy number of job openings in February, evidence that the job market was in decent shape before the viral outbreak brought the economy to a near standstill. Th...
Apr 07, 2020