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AHS asks public not to donate public food to hospitals during COVID-19 pandemic
Alberta Health Services (AHS) is asking the public to not donate any food to their staff, volunteers or hospital patients as they try to contain the spread of COVID-19. In a statement published to Fac...
Mar 26, 2020 Photo Credit: Alberta Health Services

Clearwater County taking next step towards new public services building in Leslieville
Clearwater County council has taken another step towards the construction of a new public services building in Leslieville.On Tuesday, council approved proceeding with the tendering of Phase 1 of the ...
Mar 26, 2020

Evictions suspended in Saskatchewan due to COVID-19
There will be some relief for Saskatchewan tenants amid the COVID-19 pandemic.In a media release, the province's government said it is temporarily suspending eviction hearings as a result of the emerg...
Mar 26, 2020

Traffic stop in Rocky Mountain House leads to weapons seizure
RCMP say the pilot Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) in Rocky Mountain House has seized a loaded sawed-off shotgun as well as ammunition, other weapons and stolen property during a traffic stop on March 23.S...
Mar 26, 2020 (Photo: RCMP)

Troops in Ukraine to return next month, will be replaced with smaller force
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces plans to withdraw the 200 troops it currently has in Ukraine and replace them with a skeleton force next month to hold the fort until the COVID-19 pandemic has passe...
Mar 26, 2020

COVID-19 exposing thin financial margins of Canada's Olympic athletes
Any lingering hope Sarah Pavan had about competing on this season's professional beach volleyball circuit was crushed the day city workers came to cut down the nets on Hermosa Beac...
Mar 26, 2020

Crosby, Ovechkin fine if NHL goes directly into the playoffs post-COVID
Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin wouldn't mind the NHL going right into the playoffs if the league's able to resume the 2019-20 season in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking on s...
Mar 26, 2020

'A death sentence:' Advocates warn of COVID-19 spread in jails, prisons
Advocates across Canada are calling for the release of non-violent offenders and a unified plan to deal with the health and safety of inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic. "What we have is people...
Mar 26, 2020

Trump says feds developing new guidelines for virus risk
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that federal officials are developing guidelines to rate counties by risk of virus spread, as he aims to begin to ease nationwide guidelines meant to ...
Mar 26, 2020

Science needed to combat disinformation in COVID fight: Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada and its G7 counterparts are concerned about the spread of disinformation in the COVID-19 fight. He says Canada and i...
Mar 26, 2020