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Red Deer Emergency Services: Businesses need to keep entries and exits clear
Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) reminds local businesses to ensure emergency exits remain clear as many have adjusted their entries and exits with COVID-19 protocols.Restaurant, food service, retai...
Apr 11, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
More than 75,000 tests completed in Alberta, now 1,569 cases and 40 deaths
Alberta has recorded another 69 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, putting the province up to 1,569 since its first reported case on March 6.There was also one additional death, pushing Alber...
Apr 11, 2020
Alberta to provide other provinces with millions of pieces of PPE
From a packed AHS warehouse on Saturday, Premier Jason Kenney announced Alberta will send millions of pieces of personal protective equipment to other provinces.Kenney stressed that the province would...
Apr 11, 2020 (Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters)
Hayley Wickenheiser begins personal protective equipment drive in Toronto
TORONTO - Hayley Wickenheiser can't believe how quickly her drive for personal protection equipment has come together. The Canadian hockey legend, Ontario premier Doug Ford and an army of volunteers j...
Apr 11, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 3:20 p.m. British Columbia is reporting 35 new cases of COVID-19 as well as three new deaths. The province now has 1,445 ...
Apr 11, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:41 p.m. ET on April 11, 2020: There are 23,214 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 12,292 confirm...
Apr 11, 2020
Hayley Wickenheiser begins personal protective equipment drive in Toronto
TORONTO - Hayley Wickenheiser can't believe how quickly her drive for personal protection equipment has come together. The Canadian hockey legend, Ontario premier Doug Ford and an army of volunteers j...
Apr 11, 2020
Concerns raised about COVID-19 quarantine rules for migrant workers
OTTAWA - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is raising concern about temporary foreign workers arriving in Canada to work on farms, saying he believes the quarantine rules for these wor...
Apr 11, 2020
WATCH: Kenney shares message about helping other provinces during pandemic
Premier Jason Kenney is hosting a news conference at 2 p.m. on April 11 to discuss what Alberta is doing to support other provinces during the COVID-19 pandemic.You can watch the livestream below:RELA...
Apr 11, 2020 (Gov't of Alberta)
Ronald McDonald House Charities doing all it can despite pandemic
Normally a fairly bustling place, full of hope and inspiration, the scene at Ronald McDonald House in Red Deer is much different right now.The facility is down to two families including four adults an...
Apr 11, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)