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Police announce fourth victim stemming from tractor tragedy southeast of Montreal
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say a fourth person has died following Wednesday's tractor accident in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, southeast of Montreal. The accident had claimed the lives of t...
Jul 4, 2020

Canada Day festivities in Grande Prairie ready for reboot Saturday
After Canada Day celebrations were rained out on Wednesday following a record amount of rainfall in the Grande Prairie area, the celebrations will be going ahead as originally planned on Saturday. The...
Jul 4, 2020

Bylaw Enforcement Education Program focusing on animal licensing, off leash areas in July
Throughout the month of July, the City's Enforcement Services will be providing education, awareness and enforcement of animal control issues, especially as it relates to the City's park system. Some ...
Jul 4, 2020

Stop enforcing sex work laws during COVID-19, Amnesty, sex worker advocates say
OTTAWA - Canada's sex work laws are creating undue harm and contribute to human rights violations during COVID-19, sex workers and human rights advocates say, which is why they're now pushing Ott...
Jul 4, 2020

Alberta Health Services responds to noose incident at QE II Hospital
Alberta's health care administrator has issued a statement as an incident involving a noose being taped to the door of an operating room at the Queen Elizabeth the Second Hospital in Grande Prairie ba...
Jul 3, 2020

Mandatory evacuation order issued for hamlet of Watino
Birch Hills County has issued a mandatory evacuation order for the hamlet of Watino and surrounding low lying areas, as water levels continue to rise in the Smoky River following this week's heavy rai...
Jul 3, 2020

Dr. Bonnie Henry honoured at mural exhibition, picks up Fluevog shoes in Gastown
VANCOUVER - Businesses in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood honoured the provincial health officer on Friday with a sneak peek at a mural exhibition featuring her image. Dr. Bonnie Henry vis...
Jul 3, 2020

Three dead after float plane crashes near Edmonton airport: Mounties
LEDUC COUNTY, Alta. - RCMP say three people have died in a plane crash south of Edmonton. Mounties say they were alerted Friday morning that a float plane went down in a field in Leduc ...
Jul 3, 2020

Rideau Hall suspect owns food business in Swan Lake, Man.
An image linked to a COVID-19 conspiracy theory was posted to the social media pages of a company owned by a Manitoba man 35 minutes before he allegedly drove a truck through a gate at Ottawa's R...
Jul 3, 2020

Hosting regular season MLB in Toronto "totally different ball game"
The Toronto Blue Jays have been cleared to start their summer training camp at Rogers Centre, but Canada's deputy chief public health officer says hosting other teams there during the r...
Jul 3, 2020