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Temporary regulation changes to help keep supply chain moving
Alberta is temporarily modifying some regulations for truck drivers and railway operators to protect the supply chain and ensure Canadians can access necessities like medical supplies, groceries and f...
Apr 09, 2020 (CHAT News file photo)
Province launches online resource to help Albertans find agri-food jobs
The Alberta government has launched an online resource designed to strengthen the food supply chain and fill agriculture and agri-food jobs.Keeping Alberta's food supply chain safe and intact is a pri...
Apr 09, 2020 CHAT News File Photo
Mayor John Tory and sports stars join forces in Team Toronto video
Toronto sports figures from Mitch Marner to Michael Bradley have joined forces with Mayor John Tory in a video urging people to "come together by staying home" during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Apr 09, 2020
Province delays deadline for forced medication switch until January
A government deadline to change drug coverage for Albertans with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and other ailments has been postponed six months.Announced in December, Alberta's Biosimilar Initiativ...
Apr 09, 2020 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
RCMP arrest five, seize guns, cash, and drugs at Rocky Mountain House residence
A curfew check at residence in Rocky Mountain House this week has led to the arrest of five people and the seizure of guns, cash and a substance believed to be cocaine.It happened at 8:45 p.m. on Apr....
Apr 09, 2020 Guns, cash, and drugs seized from a Rocky Mountain House residence on Apr. 8. (Rocky Mountain House RCMP)
28 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, three more deaths
AfAAlberta now has 1,451 cases of COVID-19, 28 more than Wednesday.There has also been an increase of three deaths, bringing the provincial total to 32. Two of three new deaths are in Calgary Zone, an...
Apr 09, 2020
Leafs' Matthews hoping to take care of 'unfinished business' if season resumes
TORONTO - Auston Matthews has been wheeling around his property in Arizona on rollerblades trying to stay in shape. With the NHL on an indefinite pause amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maple Leafs...
Apr 09, 2020
Summit Series star, longtime Blackhawks defenceman Pat Stapleton dead at 79
TORONTO - Pat Stapleton, a longtime NHL defenceman who famously kept an air of mystery over whether he possessed the puck from the goal that won the 1972 Summit Series, has died. He was 79. The Strath...
Apr 09, 2020
Alberta shares COVID-19 update for April 9
Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide her daily update on COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a media conference scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. (Thursday, April ...
Apr 09, 2020
Quebec health-care workers going without protective equipment, union says
OTTAWA - A health-care union in Quebec says workers dealing with at-risk patients are going without protective equipment in some cases, sparking criticism of the national emergency stockpile. The Fede...
Apr 09, 2020