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'Some days I get very depressed:' seniors discuss isolation during the pandemic
Jackie Potter cannot stop thinking about her five dead children. The 60-year-old lives alone in Hamilton with nothing to do during the pandemic. So she thinks. St. Matthew's House, the seniors centre ...
May 06, 2020
Moment of silence planned at Cargill for worker who died of COVID-19
HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A moment of silence is planned at the Cargill meat packing plant near High River, Alta., Wednesday to honour an employee who died of COVID-19. Hiep Bui, who was 67, ...
May 06, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic hammers job market, but there are 'opportunities,' say analysts
VICTORIA - In the worst employment market in decades, job hunters need to prepare for what will inevitably be a video interview, say employers and job market experts who suggest there a...
May 06, 2020
Ceremony to be held today for service members who died in helicopter crash
CFB TRENTON, Ont. - The Canadian military is to hold a special ramp ceremony today at Canadian Forces Base Trenton to repatriate remains of a service member and honour all six who died in a ...
May 06, 2020
One injured following mobile home fire east of Clairmont
One person has been sent to hospital with burn injuries following a mobile home fire east of Clairmont Tuesday evening.County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service crews from the Clairmont, Bezanson...
May 06, 2020 Photo: County of Grande Prairie Regional Fire Service
99 Avenue closed to eastbound traffic at 97 Street Wednesday night
Starting at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, the intersection at 99 Avenue and 97 Street will be closed to eastbound traffic so crews can make repairs to the rail crossing just to the east of the intersectio...
May 05, 2020 Photo: City of Grande Prairie
Family of dead crew member with virus sues Royal Caribbean
MIAMI - The family of a cruise crew member who died after testing positive for COVID-19 filed a lawsuit against Royal Caribbean Cruises on Tuesday saying the company failed to protect its employees as...
May 05, 2020
Pint-sized driver surprises Utah trooper during traffic stop
OGDEN, Utah - A Utah Highway Patrol trooper got a pint-sized surprise when he pulled over a 5-year-old driver who was swerving so badly he thought the driver needed medical attention. Trooper Rick Mor...
May 05, 2020
Imperial Oil reports deaths of birds that landed on Alberta tailings ponds
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Imperial Oil Ltd. is reporting the deaths of 50 birds that landed on tailings areas near its Kearl oilsands project in northern Alberta. Imperial says more than 100 birds per da...
May 05, 2020
Justice Ginsburg in hospital with infection, court says
WASHINGTON - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone, the Supreme Court said. The 87-year-old justice underwent non-surgical treatment for what the...
May 05, 2020