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Gould, aid groups discuss helping world's poorest with $100M funding boost
OTTAWA - Days before Canada announced more than $100 million in new foreign aid to fight COVID-19, a federal minister and a leading aid advocate said the country can't afford to scrimp on its overseas...
Apr 06, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7 a.m. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canadian passengers on the Coral Princess cruise sh...
Apr 06, 2020
New federal aid and COVID-19 survival instinct; In The News for April 6
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 6 ... COVI...
Apr 06, 2020
Japan PM to declare state of emergency as early as Tuesday
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that he will declare a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to bolster measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak,...
Apr 06, 2020
As COVID-19 triggers survival instinct, unwise decisions can result
MONTREAL - When a Quebec couple recently travelled to the far reaches of Yukon in a bid to escape the novel coronavirus, only to be turned away, it seemed a textbook case of pandemic-generated pa...
Apr 06, 2020
Central Alberta face shields garner interest from the U.S. and Newfoundland
A central Alberta business owner has garnered fairly widespread attention since unveiling face shields he can manufacture from his laser design facility in Penhold.rdnewsNOW first told you about Curti...
Apr 05, 2020 Pictured is a prototype of Curtis Wazny's modified face mask which offers increased safety. As a bonus, he says orders can be customized with a logo on the top piece. (Supplied)
Ferries, commercial vessels told to reduce passenger numbers to avoid COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is bringing in further measures to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 on commercial passenger vessels and ferries. Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced that sta...
Apr 05, 2020
69 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta for a total of 1,250
As of Sunday, there are now 1,250 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, up 69 from yesterday.A total of 919 cases are lab confirmed while 331 are probable cases.There are three new deaths being repo...
Apr 05, 2020
Alberta's Ambassador for Sport and Active Living issues challenge to all
An Olympic champion and Alberta's Ambassador for Sport and Active Living is issuing a challenge to all citizens of the province.Erica Wiebe, a 2016 gold medal winning wrestler who lives in Calgary, wa...
Apr 05, 2020
Marianne Faithfull in hospital with coronavirus and 'stable'
LOS ANGELES - The English singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull is being treated for coronavirus in a London hospital. Her manager Francois Ravard said Sunday that Faithfull is stable, however, and res...
Apr 05, 2020