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Alberta cuts energy war room budget due to COVID-19 pandemic
Alberta's $30-million-a-year energy war room is drastically cutting its budget because of COVID-19.The province announced late Monday that the Canadian Energy Centre is reducing its current operating ...
Mar 30, 2020 Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, centre, addresses attendees at a press conference to announce the launch of the Canadian Energy Centre at SAIT in Calgary, Alberta, Dec. 11, 2019. (Canadian Press)
Alberta Opposition tells education minister to fight for school funding or quit
EDMONTON - The Alberta Opposition says Education Minister Adriana LaGrange needs to start fighting for students or quit and make way for someone who will.NDP education critic Sarah Hoffman says LaGran...
Mar 30, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange
Critics say students will suffer from education support staff layoffs
People involved in Alberta's education system say they were blindsided by the provincial government's announcement that K-12 funding for May and June is being scaled back and redirected to fight again...
Mar 30, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
B.C. court considers ways to deliver Meng decision in socially distant manner
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court is considering creative ways to deliver a decision in an extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou as a global pandemic restricts travel and ga...
Mar 30, 2020
Gatherings restricted, schools closed: What's being done to fight COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Medical officers of health and Canada's chief public health officer are encouraging people to wash their hands, giv...
Mar 30, 2020
Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames announce temporary layoffs
The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames have announced temporary staff reductions because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The moves on Monday come with nearly all major sports leagues and...
Mar 30, 2020
Vancouver Convention Centre picked for off site COVID-19 treatment centre
VICTORIA - Vancouver's waterfront convention centre is being prepared as a health facility in British Columbia's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Monday. The centre...
Mar 30, 2020
Red Deer Justice Centre construction should start this summer: Province
Provincial officials say that if all goes well, construction of the new Red Deer Justice Centre should be finished by the fall of 2023.Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda issued a statement Monday sa...
Mar 30, 2020
Former Canucks goalie Lack retires after taking time off with hip injury
Former Vancouver Canucks goaltender Eddie Lack is retiring from the NHL. Lack, who had been sidelined this season with a hip injury, made the announcement Monday on his Twitter account in a four-...
Mar 30, 2020
Five more Albertans die from COVID-19
Alberta's chief medical officer delivered some sad news this afternoon.Dr. Deena Hinshaw says five more people have died from COVID-19, bringing Alberta's total to eight.Two of the deaths were in seni...
Mar 30, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, said Monday that five more Albertans have died from COVID-19.