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No evidence mosquitos spread COVID-19: Hinshaw
Alberta's top doctor says there's one thing you don't have to worry about while taking part in outdoor activities during the ongoing pandemic.Dr. Deena Hinshaw explained on Monday that there's no evid...
May 25, 2020
Hinshaw says Alberta making PPE distribution changes
Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province will change how it distributes personal protection equipment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Dr. Deena Hinshaw made the announcement Mo...
May 25, 2020
Salmon expected to begin arriving soon at Fraser River landslide: DFO
VANCOUVER - Parts of a pneumatic fish pump dubbed the salmon cannon have arrived at the site of a massive landslide along British Columbia's Fraser River, where Fisheries and Oceans Canada e...
May 25, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 5:30 p.m. ET on May 25, 2020: There are 85,698 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 47,984 conf...
May 25, 2020
'One for the history books:' Horse racing back but without cheering crowds
WINNIPEG - A horse track in Manitoba has had some significant moments in its more than 60 years of racing, but animals charging around the oval loop before empty stands will be historic. "It's going t...
May 25, 2020
Montreal Impact return to training centre for individual outdoor workouts
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact returned to their training centre Monday for their first individual outdoor practice sessions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Impact players had been training on their...
May 25, 2020
Grande Prairie man facing charges after drugs, stun gun discovered near Fort Saskatchewan
A search of a stolen vehicle east of Fort Saskatchewan last week has led to drugs and weapons charges against a Grande Prairie man.Fort Saskatchewan RCMP say while patrolling around the community of L...
May 25, 2020
Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' drummer for Miles Davis, dies
Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis' 1959 "Kind of Blue" groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died Sunday. His wife, ...
May 25, 2020
No new COVID-19 cases in Peace Region as province adds 19 Monday
There were no new cases of COVID-19 identified in the Peace Region on Monday, as the province added 19 new cases for May 25.Active cases in Alberta dropped below 800, to a total of 762 as of Monday. A...
May 25, 2020
Packed parks like Bellwoods avoidable with better communication, experts say
Images of a downtown Toronto park packed with young people seemingly flaunting physical distancing guidelines designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 have drawn sharp criticism from both politicians a...
May 25, 2020