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Kenney: Alberta is doing well compared to other jurisdictions, but cautions it's early
Premier Jason Kenney announced another 50 cases of COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, putting the provincial total at 1,423. There have also been three new deaths in the province for a total of 29, and...
Apr 08, 2020
Senators head coach D.J. Smith on California road trip: 'The fear hadn't set in'
D.J. Smith noticed something when his Ottawa Senators arrived in northern California last month. There weren't many people around. "At that point, no one knew what we know now," the team's r...
Apr 08, 2020
More COVID-19 aid, PPE needed for First Nations and Metis, leaders say
OTTAWA - First Nations and Metis leaders say they need more from Ottawa to combat COVID-19 in their communities, including money, assistance with security and help acquiring protec...
Apr 08, 2020
N.W.T. creates enforcement squad for public health orders around COVID-19
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is creating a squad of public health officers to enforce orders around the COVID-19 epidemic. N.W.T.'s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kami Kandol...
Apr 08, 2020
50 additional COVID-19 cases in Alberta
The number of COVID-19 cases in Alberta has risen by 50, according to Wednesday's report from the province, bringing the total to 1,423.That total includes 1,005 cases that are laboratory confirmed an...
Apr 08, 2020
Canada won't tip hand on possibility of import tariffs on Saudi oil
OTTAWA - Canada's energy minister will speak to his U.S. and Mexican counterparts Thursday in a bid to generate a common front ahead of talks by the world's biggest economies aimed at ending the ...
Apr 08, 2020
WATCH: Alberta releases details of COVID-19 data modelling
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief medical officer of health, and Dr. Verna Yiu, CEO of Alberta Health Services, will release extensive modelling data projecting the potential heal...
Apr 08, 2020
Cilantro and Chive, local breweries win big at Alberta Beer Awards
The best of Alberta's craft beer scene was celebrated at the 2020 Alberta Beer Awards held during a live-streamed event Tuesday night, and central Alberta was well represented.Created by the Alberta S...
Apr 08, 2020 Cilantro and Chive owners Rieley and Kim Kay celebrate their latest win at the Alberta Beer Awards (Photo: Twitter @Clinatro_chive)
Politicians ask public to work from home, but are they taking their own advice?
Canada's politicians have been urging the public to work from home during the COVID-19 crisis, but a look at federal and provincial leaders suggests not all of them are following their own a...
Apr 08, 2020
Calgary woman who died of COVID-19 was expecting 2020 to be best year: husband
CALGARY - A Calgary man whose wife died of COVID-19 last month says the two of them were expecting 2020 to be the best year of their lives. But things changed quickly in mid-March when Deb Diemer...
Apr 08, 2020