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PEI reports three new COVID-19 cases, including one seniors' residence employee
CHARLOTETOWN, P.E.I. - Prince Edward Island is reporting three new cases of COVID-19 for the first time since late April, including one person who worked at a Charlottetown seniors' home. Dr. Heather ...
Jul 04, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, July 4
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:32 a.m. on July 4, 2020: There are 105,314 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 55,784 confirmed (including 5,566 deaths, 25,280 resol...
Jul 04, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...
Jul 04, 2020
Police announce fourth victim stemming from tractor tragedy southeast of Montreal
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say a fourth person has died following Wednesday's tractor accident in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, southeast of Montreal. The accident had claimed the lives of t...
Jul 04, 2020
Canada Day festivities in Grande Prairie ready for reboot Saturday
After Canada Day celebrations were rained out on Wednesday following a record amount of rainfall in the Grande Prairie area, the celebrations will be going ahead as originally planned on Saturday. The...
Jul 04, 2020
Bylaw Enforcement Education Program focusing on animal licensing, off leash areas in July
Throughout the month of July, the City's Enforcement Services will be providing education, awareness and enforcement of animal control issues, especially as it relates to the City's park system. Some ...
Jul 04, 2020
Stop enforcing sex work laws during COVID-19, Amnesty, sex worker advocates say
OTTAWA - Canada's sex work laws are creating undue harm and contribute to human rights violations during COVID-19, sex workers and human rights advocates say, which is why they're now pushing Ott...
Jul 04, 2020
Alberta Health Services responds to noose incident at QE II Hospital
Alberta's health care administrator has issued a statement as an incident involving a noose being taped to the door of an operating room at the Queen Elizabeth the Second Hospital in Grande Prairie ba...
Jul 03, 2020
Mandatory evacuation order issued for hamlet of Watino
Birch Hills County has issued a mandatory evacuation order for the hamlet of Watino and surrounding low lying areas, as water levels continue to rise in the Smoky River following this week's heavy rai...
Jul 03, 2020
Dr. Bonnie Henry honoured at mural exhibition, picks up Fluevog shoes in Gastown
VANCOUVER - Businesses in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood honoured the provincial health officer on Friday with a sneak peek at a mural exhibition featuring her image. Dr. Bonnie Henry vis...
Jul 03, 2020