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Bank of Canada set to detail impact of COVID-19, outlook for economy
OTTAWA - Canada's central bank will make an announcement today on its key interest rate and detail the impact of COVID-19 on the national economy. The bank has slashed its trend-setting interest ...
Apr 15, 2020
StatsCan to release GDP figures for March and first quarter of 2020
OTTAWA - Canada's central bank is to release its view of the effects of COVID-19 and its outlook for the domestic economy. The Bank of Canada announcement today will come after the Internati...
Apr 15, 2020
Former Whitecap charged with sexual assault after alleged incident in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A former Vancouver Whitecaps player has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual assault following an alleged offence in the Vancouver area in May 2018. British Columbia's ...
Apr 14, 2020
Government of Alberta gives $3 million to Caregivers Alberta
During Tuesday's COVID-19 briefing, Health Minister Tyler Shandro announced that the Government of Alberta will be providing $3 million to Caregivers Alberta.The province says that the funds will help...
Apr 14, 2020 Health Minister Tyler Shandro. Photo: (Government of Alberta)
Vancouver council members hear toilet flush, not each other, at virtual meeting
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says city council's first attempt at a virtual meeting was a bumpy one that included technical glitches, delays and the whoosh of a flushing toilet. The public meeting ...
Apr 14, 2020
Province sees largest single day increase of COVID-19 cases
The province has confirmed 138 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, creating the largest single day increase the province has seen during the pandemic. A majority of those cases came in the Calgary Zone,...
Apr 14, 2020 Canadian Press File Photo
Many factors behind COVID-19 outbreaks hitting Quebec's long-term care homes
MONTREAL - As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across Canada, no places have been harder hit than Quebec's long-term care homes, where single facilities have seen dozens of residents die. Half th...
Apr 14, 2020
WATCH: Officials provide COVID-19 update for April 14
Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, and other provincial officials will provide an update on the COVID-19 situation in Alberta Tuesday afternoon. The press conference is sche...
Apr 14, 2020
N.S. COVID model says health care can cope with first peak if 'good compliance'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's government is predicting the number of COVID-19 cases could still be comfortably managed by the province's hospital system by the end of June if t...
Apr 14, 2020
Alberta rolls out new wildfire prevention measures
The Province is preparing for the upcoming wildfire season, by rolling out some new enforceable measures.In 2019, Alberta spent over $600-million fighting wildfires, which destroyed over 2-million acr...
Apr 14, 2020