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Easing restrictions and ; In The News for May 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 4 ... --- CO...
May 4, 2020
Provinces must give emotional support to returning students: education advocates
VANCOUVER - Bored and isolated students are spending too many hours online and some have started using more substances, but all students will need extra emotional support ...
May 4, 2020
Valleyview woman charged after ramming police vehicles following pursuit
A Valleyview woman has been charged after she allegedly rammed into police vehicles after she failed to stop for RCMP on the north side of Grande Prairie last week.Grande Prairie RCMP noticed a suspic...
May 3, 2020
Grande Prairie adds one new case of COVID-19, province adds 96
The province has confirmed 96 new cases of COVID-19 for Sunday, May 3, bringing the total to 5,766 confirmed cases.Three new cases were identified in the North Zone on Sunday, bringing the total in No...
May 3, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta
B.C. rally calls for safe release of prisoners
MISSION, B.C. - A justice advocacy group says it wants prisoners at a federal institution in British Columbia ravaged by a COVID-19 outbreak to know there are people in the community fighting for...
May 3, 2020
Fort McMurray cleans up from flood on anniversary of 2016 wildfire evacuation
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - As residents of Fort McMurray continued to assess their flood-damaged homes and businesses and began the difficult task of cleaning them this weekend, they also marked the ...
May 3, 2020
High school grads-to-be grapple with possible ceremony cancellations
Urmila Persaud spent months picturing herself walking across a stage to collect her high-school diploma in front of friends and family. But the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced that vision with a big qu...
May 3, 2020
Trudeau: NHL players would need to follow quarantine before season could resume
The NHL could face another hurdle if the league decides to continue the 2019-20 season in the near future - getting non-Canadian resident players across the border to join their respective t...
May 3, 2020
Trudeau says legislation on municipal handgun bans coming
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government plans to move ahead with legislation letting municipalities ban handguns within their borders, though he isn't giving a timeline. The Trudeau...
May 3, 2020
Feds investing in online health-care, Vancouver company studying COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is investing millions to boost online access to health services and to support a Vancouver biological company's research into treatment and prevention of COVID-19. Prim...
May 3, 2020