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Canada's COVID death toll passes 2,000; Trudeau pledges $1.1B for research
TORONTO - Canada's COVID-19 death toll passed the 2,000 mark on Thursday as scientists across the country scrambled to find ways to mitigate the pandemic in the form of a treatment or vaccine and...
Apr 23, 2020
Trudeau says military short-term solution to caring for seniors
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the military will respond to provincial requests for assistance at long-term care facilities. But he says the measure is a short-term solution and that Cana...
Apr 23, 2020
Feds pour $1.1B into COVID-19 vaccine development, tracking of cases
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend more than $1 billion to help develop, test and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as to determine how widely the virus has spread through Canada, P...
Apr 23, 2020
Federal prison tensions rise amid COVID lockdowns; activists want releases
TORONTO - Efforts to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Canada's federal prisons have led to an increase in tensions that have prompted correctional officers to use force on at least two occasion...
Apr 23, 2020
Nova Scotia RCMP officers shot at rural fire hall during search for killer
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog is investigating why two RCMP officers started shooting at a fire hall while a killer disguised as a Mountie was on the loose. Pat Curran, interi...
Apr 23, 2020
City closes roads due to flooding
The City of Grande Prairie has closed two roads due to flooding.116 Street is closed from 104 Avenue to the roundabout at Highway 43, and 132 Avenue is also flooded and closed between 108 Street and 1...
Apr 23, 2020 Road Closure (photo by Shane Clausing)
Park Hotel says goodbye to Grande Prairie
The Park Hotel in downtown Grande Prairie has officially come down.The demolition on the decade-long vacant building along 100 Avenue began Wednesday morning, marking the end of the hotel's near 63-ye...
Apr 23, 2020 The Park Hotel was officially demolished as of Thursday morning. This marks the end of the hotel's near 63-year tenancy along Richmond (100) Avenue (Photo: Emily Keller)
Expansion Ottawa Aces rugby league team plans Canadian tryouts in the fall
The Ottawa Aces want you. The fledgling transatlantic rugby league team is planning tryouts for elite Canadian athletes in the fall in Ottawa, pending any COVID-19 restrictions. Those who survive the ...
Apr 23, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 10:25 a.m. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is asking the federal government to give local governments bill...
Apr 23, 2020
New home sales plunge 15.4% in March as virus hits
WASHINGTON - U.S. new home sales plunged 15.4% in March as the coronavirus-related shutdowns that began in the middle of the month began to rattle the housing market. The Commerce Department reported ...
Apr 23, 2020