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Alberta shares COVID-19 update for March 30
Alberta's chief medical officer of health will provide her daily update on COVID-19 in the province.Dr. Deena Hinshaw will speak at a media conference scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. You can watch it ...
Mar 30, 2020
Long road, but less limbo for Canadian athletes bound for Tokyo Games
On the coldest, wettest, hardest days on Elk Lake, rower Hillary Janssens told herself and her numb hands "this is the last winter we have to do this before Tokyo." It wasn't. The ...
Mar 30, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps unveil nine new Twitter language feeds, with more planned
Looking to embrace their multicultural home and welcome potential fans father afield, the Vancouver Whitecaps unveiled official club Twitter feeds in nine new languages Monday. The new feeds come in A...
Mar 30, 2020
Province creates non-profit, arms-length agricultural research organization
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta says it is "transforming agriculture research" in the province.Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Devin Dreeshen has announced the creation of Results Driv...
Mar 30, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)
AHS partners with Canadian company for rapid COVID-19 testing
Alberta Health Service says Albertans will soon have faster, more convenient access to COVID-19 testing through a new partnership with Canadian technology company.AHS says Spartan Bioscience Inc. is i...
Mar 30, 2020 Spartan Bioscience rapid-testing device for COVID-19
Return to former jobs not guaranteed for laid off City staff
Concerns linger over whether City of Red Deer staff laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be getting their former jobs back once it's over.The City announced on March 20 that it was laying off ar...
Mar 30, 2020
Donated organs not being used as hospitals scale back transplants for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Transplant centres across the country have massively scaled back organ transplants as hospitals try to make sure they are able to accommodate COVID-19 cases. Hospitals are reserving ventilato...
Mar 30, 2020
Central Alberta Co-op announces in-store COVID-19 measures
Central Alberta Co-op says it is striving to be diligent about doing their part to prevent unnecessary impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.The company acknowledges that its food stores and pharmac...
Mar 30, 2020
Soccer may be on hold but Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio still making his mark
TORONTO - While unable to perform on the field, Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio is still managing to leave his mark during the COVID-19 outbreak. The 27-year-old from nearby Bramp...
Mar 30, 2020
Canada's spy service moves quietly ahead with data-crunching plans: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Canada's spy agency is moving ahead with plans to collect and use databases containing personal information about Canadians. The Canadian Security Intelligence S...
Mar 30, 2020