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PM wants answers from China, other countries on early days of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are many questions for countries, particularly China, around the origins of COVID-19 and how they reacted in the early days of the pandemic. At the sa...
May 13, 2020
UN forecasts pandemic to shrink world economy by 3.2%
TANZANIA, Tanzania - The United Nations forecast Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the world economy by 3.2% this year, the sharpest contraction since the Great Depression in the 1930s....
May 13, 2020
Officials failed to protect Montreal's vulnerable neighbourhoods, activists say
MONTREAL - Some of Montreal's most disadvantaged neighbourhoods appear to be bearing the brunt of the city's COVID-19 numbers, leading community organizers to question why more wasn't done to protect ...
May 13, 2020
Virus restrictions fuel anti-government 'boogaloo' movement
SILVER SPRING, Md. - They carry high-powered rifles and wear tactical gear, but their Hawaiian shirts and leis are what stand out in the crowds that have formed at state capital buildings to protest C...
May 13, 2020
Shoppers Drug Mart partners with Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters
EDMONTON- Alberta Council of Women's Shelters (ACWS) has announced a partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart to support the emergency needs of women fleeing domestic violence in Alberta. ACWS member shelt...
May 13, 2020
Norway's wealth fund excludes Canadian oilsands investments over greenhouse gas emissions
OSLO, Norway - One of the world's largest investment funds says it will exclude four Canadian oilsands producers after concluding they produce unacceptable levels of greenhouse gas emissions.The decis...
May 13, 2020
Driver arrested for going over 200 km/hour near Leduc
Leduc RCMP took a male driver into custody after his BMW X5 was captured travelling in excess of 200 km/hour on the QEII Highway.At 4:00 a.m. on May 12, Leduc RCMP responded to a complaint of a BMW X5...
May 13, 2020
NDP calls for universal sick-leave benefits as people return to work
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says all Canadians should have access to two weeks of sick leave benefits as provinces start moving to reopen their economies. He says they will otherwise face a...
May 13, 2020
Toronto FC groundskeeper
'very, very, very happy" with BMO Field pitch
TORONTO - While Major League Soccer has been on hiatus since March 12 because of the global pandemic, Robert Heggie has been hard at work. Toronto FC's director of groundskeeping and a skeleton c...
May 13, 2020
Market on Main becoming Market on the Oval
Every Thursday between June 25 to August 27, the Town of Rocky Mountain House will be hosting Market on Main. Due to the current health crisis, however, the event will be quite different than what peo...
May 13, 2020