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The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 1:44 p.m. ET on March 21, 2020: There are 1,189 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Ontario: 377 confirmed ...

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern):   1:20 p.m. Quebec Premier Francois Legault says there are now 181 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, up f...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says lock downs in other countries and air-space restrictions due to COVID-19 mean Canada won't be able to get every citizen home who is trapped abroad. Tru...

United Way Central Alberta (UWCA) and the Red Deer & District Community Foundation (RDDCF) are each putting up $50,000 to jump start a Community Response Fund in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.It ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says lockdowns in other countries and air-space restrictions due to COVID-19 mean Canada won't be able to get every citizen home who is trapped abroad.Trudeau is urging C...

MEDICINE HAT, AB - There are few industries - and likely none in Alberta - which have more experience dealing with quarantines than the provincial beef industry.According to the president of the Canad...

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York is reviewing places to put new hospital beds in response to the coronavirus outbreak, including New York City's main convention centre and some state university campuses, Gov. ...

Olds RCMP are looking for public assistance in locating two suspects believed to have been involved in a shooting.At about 2 p.m. on March 20, Olds RCMP received a complaint of a shooting which allege...

There will be a new boss behind the bench when the next hockey season gets rolling for the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs.Cody Reynolds, a Sylvan Lake resident who's spent the last seven years as an assista...

Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as "Lucille," "Lady" and "Islands in the Stream" and embraced his persona as "The...