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'Defunding' police, funding mental health resources will save lives: experts
TORONTO - The death of a Toronto woman who fell from her 24th-floor balcony while police were in her home has renewed calls for an overhaul of how society deals with people in mental health crises. So...
Jun 04, 2020
More Albertans received the flu shot this season
Although the number of flu cases was up in the Alberta Health Services (AHS) Central Zone this year, the number of deaths was down. According to this season's final figures (as of May 2), the number o...
Jun 04, 2020
Twister: how to stay safe during tornado season
LETHBRIDGE, AB - With the spring weather comes the threat of tornadoes in Alberta.Over the last week, the province saw its first two confirmed twisters of the season.One was reported near the hamlet o...
Jun 04, 2020
Clearview Public Schools announces new Director of Human Services
Mark Siemens has been announced as the new Director of Human Services with Clearview Public Schools starting in the 2020-21 school year. Siemens has been with Clearview since 2007, and has served in t...
Jun 04, 2020
Greater financial awareness encouraged during Seniors Month
The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) has launched a month-long senior outreach campaign across Alberta in recognition of Seniors Month (June) and World Elder Abuse Day (June 15) to highlight the im...
Jun 04, 2020
Trudeau says new modelling shows COVID-19 in decline but fight must continue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new federal data shows that COVID-19 is in decline across Canada but the country is not out of the woods. Trudeau says a new modelling report will be r...
Jun 04, 2020
Special payments to seniors to arrive in early July, Liberals say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a special one-time payment for seniors will go out the week of July 6. The COVID-19-related aid will come in the form of $300 payments to the more than...
Jun 04, 2020
New COVID-19 modelling data to be released today, says Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the government will be releasing new COVID-19 data modelling later today, but says the signs are encouraging."The data shows that we are continuing to make prog...
Jun 04, 2020
Health official: No new COVID-19 cases from Missouri parties
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. - No additional cases of the new coronavirus have been reported stemming from the crowded pool parties at Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend, the state's top ...
Jun 04, 2020
New study is first full list of species that only exist in Canada
OTTAWA - For the first time, Canadian biologists have come up with a list of plants, insects and animals that don't exist in any other country and many of them are in danger of extinction if they have...
Jun 04, 2020