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Looser COVID-19 rules mean more activity, but there may be some confusion
WINNIPEG - People in some provinces will enjoy more freedom Monday as restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic are loosened. But the change appears set to leave some workers looking for child car...
May 03, 2020
S Korea says troops exchange fire along N Korean border
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea says its troops have exchanged fire with North Korea along their tense land border. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul says North Korean troops fired several bu...
May 02, 2020
Weapons, drugs seized in Clairmont traffic stop
A pair of Clairmont residents have been charged after a traffic stop led to the discovery of drugs and weapons.Grande Prairie RCMP say they were patrolling in Clairmont shortly after midnight on April...
May 02, 2020 A sawed-off rifle, a knife and various drugs were uncovered during a traffic stop in Clairmont on April 21 (Photo: Grande Prairie RCMP)
Soaked walls and muddy basements: Fort McMurray residents survey their flooded homes
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - When Norm Sutton was allowed to return to his home in Fort McMurray, he could see that his wife's car had been totally submerged and floodwater had completely filled his fi...
May 02, 2020
Alberta adds 97 COVID-19 cases Saturday, three in North Zone
The province is reporting 97 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday, with three of those cases added in the North Zone.The total increase is based on 3,337 tests being completed over the past 24 hours at the ...
May 02, 2020
Brooks Mayor in support of localized approach to reopening
BROOKS, ALTA - Taking to Facebook Live Friday afternoon, Brooks Mayor Barry Morishita told viewers the city is in support of the Province of Alberta's plan to look at reopening based on a more localiz...
May 02, 2020 Brooks Mayor Barry Morishita (CHAT News Today)
Stars deliver inspirational messages in Call to Unite event
LOS ANGELES - Director Lee Daniels talked about past drug use and urged people not to give into the temptation to abuse drugs during the coronavirus pandemic, saying "You are not alone." Actress Eva L...
May 02, 2020
Navy helicopter debris suggests sudden descent, as probe face challenges:experts
HALIFAX - Former senior Canadian Armed Forces officers say it appears a naval Cyclone helicopter struck the waters off Greece with sudden and massive velocity, ...
May 02, 2020
Doug Ford takes aim at Trudeau government's gun control measures
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is taking aim at the federal government's new gun control measures, saying he believes the feds should focus on smuggling of illegal weapons at the border ...
May 02, 2020
Veteran forward Kelly Babstock signs with NWHL's Toronto expansion team
TORONTO - Veteran forward Kelly Babstock signed with the new Toronto franchise of the National Women's Hockey League on Saturday. Babstock, from Mississauga, Ont., is the sixth player to join Tor...
May 02, 2020