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OTTAWA - Canada is closing its borders to most foreign nationals except Americans and is barring anyone, including Canadian citizens, with symptoms of the novel coronavirus from boarding fli...

OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services is seeking to reassure donors that it's safe to give blood, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Isra Levy of Canadian Blood Services says there has been a jum...

LOS ANGELES - Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a shelter-in-place mandate on Monday affecting nearly 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says...

BOSTON - A longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist and musical trailblazer has died, the orchestra said Monday. Doriot Anthony Dwyer was 98. Dwyer, the second woman ever to win a principal chair in...

The County of Grande Prairie is closing access to its parks and campgrounds until further notice. This includes the Bear Lake, Demmitt, Hommy, Kleskun Hill and Pipestone Creek Parks. The Old Bezanson ...

The Town of Peace River is the latest town to announce facility closures and cancel events due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Peace Regional Pool, Baytex Energy Centre, and Peace River Museum, Archives...

The Hillside Community Centre, which houses the Army, Navy and Airforce Veterans in Canada (AVANETS) Unit 389 is closing until further notice, to avoid the possibility of a COVID-19 outbreak infecting...

Several ski resorts in Alberta have temporarily closed in response to growing concerns about COVID-19.In a letter posted to guests, Resorts of the Canadian Rockies president John Shea says operations ...

The City of Red Deer has declared a state of local emergency to assist the province's efforts to combat and respond to the spread of COVID-19.The state of local emergency, which took effect at 9:20 a....

The NHL is pushing back the possibility of resuming its season for several weeks, if not a month or more. The league and NHL Players' Association told players Monday they can go home - even out of Nor...