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B.C. churches to appeal court decision that upheld COVID-19 restrictions
VANCOUVER - An appeal has been filed in a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that upheld public health orders banning indoor religious services in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the prov...
Apr 1, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, April 1, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 1, 2021. There are 987,918 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 987,918 confirmed cases (49,568 active, 9...
Apr 1, 2021
City, County of Grande helping fund business case development for proposed medical facility
City and County of Grande Prairie councils have each approved funding to help develop a business case for a new proposed medical centre here in the Grande Prairie area.On Wednesday city council approv...
Apr 1, 2021
Quebec man accused of fatal B.C. stabbing appears in court
VANCOUVER - The man accused in a stabbing attack that left one woman dead and six other people hurt in North Vancouver appeared in provincial court on Thursday. Twenty-eight-year-old Yannick Bandaogo,...
Apr 1, 2021
Hulu to produce, release '1619 Project' documentary series
NEW YORK - Hulu will produce a documentary series based on " The 1619 Project," stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ...
Apr 1, 2021
A ghostly set of images, and a glimpse of border danger
PHOENIX - A border wall. Smugglers. Small children being dropped into America in the darkness. A grainy video released Wednesday by authorities - its figures visible only in ghostly white outline, its...
Apr 1, 2021
Grande Prairie tops 300 active COVID-19 cases as 40 new cases identified
The City of Grande Prairie recorded 40 new cases of COVID-19 and eight recoveries, raising the active case total in the Swan City above 300 for the first time during the pandemic to a total of 304 as ...
Apr 1, 2021
Coin firm pays it forward after Georgia man paid in pennies
MARIETTA, Ga. - A global company has stepped in to solve quite a "coinundrum" for a Georgia man. Andreas Flaten's former employer dumped at least 90,000 pennies on his driveway last month as a form of...
Apr 1, 2021
Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violations
The company at the centre of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard 15 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality con...
Apr 1, 2021
Kenney pleads for Albertans to follow current public health measures, no new restrictions brought in
Though he did not announce any new COVID-19 related public health restrictions, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is pleading with Albertans to follow measures that are currently in place to slow the sprea...
Apr 1, 2021