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Supply lines for farmers still open
The biggest concern for farmers during the pandemic is keeping supply lines open and maintaining grain and oilseed shipments.Valhalla producer and Alberta Canola director Andre Harpe says commodity gr...
Apr 4, 2020 Photo by Curtis Galbraith
Pandemic has shunted aside an array of Liberal initiatives, at least for now
OTTAWA - As a new year dawned, the government's throne-speech commitments unfurled just weeks earlier were grabbing headlines and galvanizing the attention of federal policy-makers. Then came the...
Apr 4, 2020
Oil industry pleads for help but feds still mum on when that will come
OTTAWA - Canada's oil producers are growing frustrated that they have yet to see a promised federal aid package to help bail out their industry from an unprecedented drop in demand. Canadian Asso...
Apr 4, 2020
B.C. temporarily lifts data residency requirement in response to COVID-19
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has temporarily modified its access to information and privacy act in response to COVID-19, lifting a requirement that personal data must be stored in ...
Apr 4, 2020
PM expected to unveil more help for most vulnerable to weather pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today more financial support aimed at helping the most vulnerable Canadians survive the COVID-19 pandemic. The new announcement follows F...
Apr 4, 2020
Trump fires watchdog who handled Ukraine complaint
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has fired the intelligence watchdog who handled the complaint that triggered his impeachment. Trump informed the Senate intelligence committee Friday of his decisio...
Apr 3, 2020
China honours virus victims with 3 minutes of reflection
WUHAN, China - With air raid sirens wailing and flags at half-mast, China on Saturday held a three-minute nationwide moment of reflection to honour those who have died in the coronavirus outbreak, esp...
Apr 3, 2020
No visitors allowed at hospitals: Hinshaw
Alberta Health Services is putting more aggressive measures in hospitals to help stifle the spread of the novel coronavirus.During the daily COVID-19 update on Friday, Chief Medical Officer of Health ...
Apr 3, 2020 Photo: EverythingGP Staff
Delta police say they stopped sale of medical equipment at inflated prices
DELTA, B.C. - Police in Delta, B.C., say it was "troubling" to catch two people this week allegedly reselling boxes of respirators and surgical masks at highly inflated prices. The police departm...
Apr 3, 2020
Five additional COVID-19 related deaths announced in Alberta
Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced five additional deaths from COVID-19 in Alberta on Friday, including a woman in her 20's in the Edmonton Zone.Dr. Hinshaw also sai...
Apr 3, 2020 Photo: Government of Alberta