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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:45 p.m. on May 6, 2020: There are 61,465 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 33,417 confirmed (includ...
May 06, 2020
WATCH: Alberta Education Minister to update school re-entry plan
Update: The full story on Alberta's school re-entry plan can be found here.Alberta's Education Minister will provide an update as to when in-school classes may be able to resume at a press conference ...
May 06, 2020 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange (Photo: Government of Alberta)
Woodbine mainstay Mark Casse entering National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame
SARATOGA SPINGS, N.Y. - Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame member Mark Casse will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame this year. An Indianapolis native, Casse has been name...
May 06, 2020
Northern Lights Baseball Academy cancels 2020 season
The Northern Lights u18 AAA Baseball Academy announced Tuesday that they have cancelled their 2020 season due to COVID-19.In a statement posted on the Northern Lights Facebook page, the baseball acade...
May 06, 2020 Photo Credit: Grande Prairie Northern Lights Baseball Academy Facebook
German soccer's Bundesliga given OK to resume in May
BERLIN - The Bundesliga can resume playing this month, ending a two-month suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic. German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a loosening of a range of containment...
May 06, 2020
Canada to do millionth COVID-19 test but numbers still falling short
OTTAWA - Canada is on track to complete its millionth test for COVID-19 sometime in the next 24 hours even as the country's biggest province continues to struggle to hit its own testing targ...
May 06, 2020
New campus sexual assault rules bolster rights of accused
The U.S. Education Department on Wednesday finalized campus sexual assault rules that bolster the rights of the accused, reduce legal liabilities for schools and colleges, and narrow the scope of case...
May 06, 2020
With quirks and restrictions, many states lift lockdowns
GRETNA, La. - More than a dozen states let restaurants, stores or other businesses reopen Friday in the biggest one-day push yet to get their economies up and running again, acting at their own speed ...
May 06, 2020
Alberta suspends environmental monitoring rules for oilsands over COVID concerns
EDMONTON - The Alberta Energy Regulator has suspended a wide array of environmental monitoring requirements for companies in the oilsands. The suspensions have been granted over public health concerns...
May 06, 2020
New anthology collects dozens of poems about pandemic
NEW YORK - As the coronavirus spread in March, poet Ada Limon struggled at first to write, feeling "flattened and silenced" by a pandemic that had shut down much of the world she knew. "I could call n...
May 06, 2020