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Canada could face legal trouble over refugee deportations: advocates
OTTAWA - Refugee advocates say Canada could be in legal hot water if the United States deports asylum seekers turned away from Canada as part of a broader deal with the U.S. to close the border t...
Mar 28, 2020
Families urge action to get Canadians home from cruise ship stuck off Panama
It should have been the trip of a lifetime for Ottawa residents Catherine McLeod and Paul Innes, but it has turned into a nightmare as they remain trapped on a cruise ship where COVID-19 has taken hol...
Mar 28, 2020
Lacombe Police looking for info from public about three incidents
Lacombe Police Service is looking for information from the public related to a trio of ongoing investigations.LPS says on March 22, members received a complaint about a stolen trailer containing a 201...
Mar 28, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Ontario allows youth to remain in care after passing cut-off age during pandemic
TORONTO - Youth in Ontario's child welfare system who pass the cut-off age during the COVID-19 pandemic will remain in care, says a new moratorium issued by the province. That means the ...
Mar 28, 2020
Brian's Custom Sports shifts to producing medical supplies to fight COVID-19
It only took a single text message for the sewing team at Brian's Custom Sports to join the fight against the spread of COVID-19. The goalie equipment manufacturer had been approached by Windsor-Essex...
Mar 28, 2020
Alberta Fishing Education Program now available for free
The Alberta Hunter Education Instructors Association (AHEIA) is making its eight-module Alberta Fishing Education Program available online for free.A non-profit, the organization says its program comp...
Mar 28, 2020
Despite pandemic-delayed season, Bucs still supporting community
The Central Alberta Buccaneers would be gearing up for another Alberta Football League season right now, if it weren't for the COVID-19 pandemic. Setters Place in Red Deer, the Bucs' home turf, is cur...
Mar 28, 2020
Province working with Indigenous government to ensure protection from COVID-19
The Government of Alberta says it continues to do everything possible to ensure Indigenous people in Alberta are included in pandemic planning and response.Rick Wilson, Minister of Indigenous Relation...
Mar 28, 2020 Grand
Chief Billy Morin of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations speaks at a press conference Saturday morning after the media heard from Rick Wilson, the Minister of Indigenous Affairs. (Government of Alberta)
Rosneft hands Venezuelan oil business to Russian state firm
MOSCOW - Russia's Rosneft oil company said Saturday that it's halting operations in Venezuela and selling its assets there to a company fully owned by the Russian government, a move apparently intende...
Mar 28, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:15 p.m. on March 28, 2020: There are 5,416 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 2,498 confirmed (includ...
Mar 28, 2020