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Tekashi 6ix9ine releases new video from home confinement
NEW YORK - Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine lit up social media on Friday, releasing a new song and video created during his home confinement just weeks after being freed from a Manhattan federal lockup over co...
May 08, 2020
ASIRT launches investigation into officer-involved fatality of Blackfalds suspect
On May 6, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) was directed to investigate the circumstances surrounding an officer-involved shooting that took place that same day on the Queen Elizabeth...
May 08, 2020
Lots of work for local restaurants before reopening
With the province allowing for the partial reopening of restaurants to dine-in customers starting Thursday (May 14), local restaurant owners are offering their thanks to the community for its support ...
May 08, 2020
Bichette weighs in on South Korean baseball, empty stadiums and Jays' excitement level
With a few pro leagues resuming play around the globe, Major League Baseball fans are getting a glimpse of how things might look if big-league games return after this ext...
May 08, 2020
Feds reject eight million N95 masks from a single distributor
OTTAWA - The federal government has suspended shipments of N95 respirators from a Montreal-based supplier after about eight million of the masks made in China failed to meet specifications. ...
May 08, 2020
Rimbey doctors latest to write health minister with concerns
Six doctors in Rimbey have written Health Minister Tyler Shandro to say that the crisis in rural healthcare in the province would continue until the government returns to the table and reaches a bindi...
May 08, 2020
Province announces employee training supports for agri-businesses
The Government of Alberta has created a new Agriculture Training Support Program in response to COVID-19 to help employers in the food supply chain provide necessary training to new Alberta employees....
May 08, 2020
Disaster Recovery Program announced for northern Alberta flood victims
The Government of Alberta is providing up to $147 million to help Albertans in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Mackenzie County recover and rebuild after spring flooding caused significa...
May 08, 2020
Declining COVID-19 hospitalizations in Alberta is encouraging: Dr. Hinshaw
Alberta's chief medical officer of health says she is shifting the way she presents the province's daily COVID-19 numbers.During her daily address on Friday, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said hospitalizations an...
May 08, 2020
Peer pressure, public messaging will affect behaviour when rules loosen: experts
TORONTO - Peer pressure and public messaging will influence Canadians' ability and willingness to maintain safe behaviours as restrictions around COVID-19 begin to loosen, some experts say a...
May 08, 2020