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Province releases data modelling expected impacts of COVID-19
The province has released data modelling the anticipated health impacts on Alberta from the COVID-19 pandemic. The data highlighted Alberta's current situation as compared to other parts of Canada and...
Apr 8, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta
GPRC Cares campaign offers mental health support and community outreach opportunities
Grande Prairie Regional College has launched the new 'GPRC Cares' initiative, to offer mental health supports and services, build a connection with the public, and support to organizations and groups ...
Apr 8, 2020
Canada won't tip hand on possibility of import tariffs on Saudi oil
OTTAWA - Canada's energy minister will speak to his U.S. and Mexican counterparts Thursday in a bid to generate a common front ahead of talks by the world's biggest economies aimed at ending the ...
Apr 8, 2020
WATCH: Officials to deliver detailed projections for COVID-19 in Alberta
Premier Jason Kenney, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Alberta Health Services CEO Verna Yiu will present more extensive modelling data projecting the potential health impacts of ...
Apr 8, 2020
Politicians ask public to work from home, but are they taking their own advice?
Canada's politicians have been urging the public to work from home during the COVID-19 crisis, but a look at federal and provincial leaders suggests not all of them are following their own a...
Apr 8, 2020
Calgary woman who died of COVID-19 was expecting 2020 to be best year: husband
CALGARY - A Calgary man whose wife died of COVID-19 last month says the two of them were expecting 2020 to be the best year of their lives. But things changed quickly in mid-March when Deb Diemer...
Apr 8, 2020
Some issues, but agriculture sector can still access temporary foreign workers
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to issues getting temporary foreign workers for some sectors of the agriculture industry.Charlotte Shipp with Alberta Pork says her group is thanking the government for r...
Apr 8, 2020 Photo from the Alberta Pork Facebook page
Demographic data 'essential' to track impacts of COVID-19: researchers
OTTAWA - Researchers are calling for more detailed data on who is getting and dying from COVID-19, to find out if specific minority or socioeconomic groups are unduly impacted. The Unit...
Apr 8, 2020
Lafrenière tops list of NHL draft-eligible prospects
Alexis Lafrenire, as expected, maintained the top spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's final ranking of draft-eligible prospects released Wednesday. What remains uncertain for the 18-year-old Rim...
Apr 8, 2020
NHLers reflect on league pause: 'All of a sudden someone turns the car off'
Josh Morrissey figures he has more close friends on the Edmonton Oilers than any other rival NHL team. It led to some unusual heat-of-the-moment conversations for the Winnipeg defenceman the...
Apr 8, 2020