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Five new cases of COVID-19 reported in North Zone Wednesday
Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the North Zone on Wednesday, as the province added 50 new confirmed cases to bring the provincial total to 1,423.Three of those cases have appeared in the M...
Apr 08, 2020 One of the County of Grande Prairie COVID-19 cases have recovered, while the North Zone added five new cases on Wednesday (Photo: Government of Alberta)
Senators head coach D.J. Smith on California road trip: 'The fear hadn't set in'
D.J. Smith noticed something when his Ottawa Senators arrived in northern California last month. There weren't many people around. "At that point, no one knew what we know now," the team's r...
Apr 08, 2020
More COVID-19 aid, PPE needed for First Nations and Metis, leaders say
OTTAWA - First Nations and Metis leaders say they need more from Ottawa to combat COVID-19 in their communities, including money, assistance with security and help acquiring protec...
Apr 08, 2020
N.W.T. creates enforcement squad for public health orders around COVID-19
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is creating a squad of public health officers to enforce orders around the COVID-19 epidemic. N.W.T.'s chief medical officer of health Dr. Kami Kandol...
Apr 08, 2020
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 08, 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 08, 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 08, 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 08, 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 08, 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 08, 2020