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Lacombe allowing garage sales, but virtual events highly preferable
Garage sales can go ahead in Lacombe, according to the municipality, but residents are strongly encouraged to hold them virtually instead.The City suggests that virtual sales can be done via platforms...
May 03, 2020
May 3: 96 new cases, one death and 179 recoveries
Alberta is reporting 96 new cases of COVID-19 over the last 24 hours for a total of 2,713 to date.One more person has passed away raising the death toll to 95. That case was in Calgary.Meantime, anoth...
May 03, 2020
B.C. rally calls for safe release of prisoners
MISSION, B.C. - A justice advocacy group says it wants prisoners at a federal institution in British Columbia ravaged by a COVID-19 outbreak to know there are people in the community fighting for...
May 03, 2020
Fort McMurray cleans up from flood on anniversary of 2016 wildfire evacuation
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - As residents of Fort McMurray continued to assess their flood-damaged homes and businesses and began the difficult task of cleaning them this weekend, they also marked the ...
May 03, 2020
Province gives update on flooding situation in the north
Flood response efforts continue for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Mackenzie County as several northern communities face evacuation orders.A provincial update on Sunday says ice jams on...
May 03, 2020 An ice jam on the Athabasca River near Fort McMurray. (The Canadian Press/Greg Halinda)
High school grads-to-be grapple with possible ceremony cancellations
Urmila Persaud spent months picturing herself walking across a stage to collect her high-school diploma in front of friends and family. But the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced that vision with a big qu...
May 03, 2020
Trudeau: NHL players would need to follow quarantine before season could resume
The NHL could face another hurdle if the league decides to continue the 2019-20 season in the near future - getting non-Canadian resident players across the border to join their respective t...
May 03, 2020
Trudeau says legislation on municipal handgun bans coming
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government plans to move ahead with legislation letting municipalities ban handguns within their borders, though he isn't giving a timeline. The Trudeau...
May 03, 2020
Feds investing in online health-care, Vancouver company studying COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is investing millions to boost online access to health services and to support a Vancouver biological company's research into treatment and prevention of COVID-19. Prim...
May 03, 2020
Lawsuits over COVID-19 handling in nursing homes raise questions about standard of care
TORONTO - As the deadly toll of COVID-19 on Canada's nursing homes gives rise to a growing number of proposed class-action lawsuits, some legal experts say the cases will turn on what's considere...
May 03, 2020