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WATCH: COVID-19 in Alberta update for April 2
Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw and other provincial officials will provide an update on COVID-19 in Alberta at 3:30 p.m. ThursdayThe province added 117 confirmed cases on ...
Apr 02, 2020
AP source: Ex-Dallas police chief to lead Chicago police
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday will name former Dallas Police Chief David Brown to lead the police force in the nation's third largest city, a city official told The Associated Press. Lightf...
Apr 02, 2020
Passengers on COVID-19-stricken cruise ships hope to be on land again soon
Passengers stranded aboard two COVID-19-stricken cruise ships said they're finally hopeful their ordeal is nearing its end as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Thursday to ensure the Can...
Apr 02, 2020
Alberta Summer Games in Lethbridge postponed to 2021
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Another major sporting event has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Lethbridge 2020 Alberta Summer Games Society has elected to postpone the games until the summer of 2021....
Apr 02, 2020 Lethbridge Alberta Summer Games 2020 logo
Province suspends parking fees at hospitals beginning Friday
Starting Friday, parking fees at the QEII hospital and others around the province will be suspended amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The province made the announcement Thursday afternoon, citing a desire to...
Apr 02, 2020
Judge won't delay Wisconsin election but extends voting
MADISON, Wis. - A federal judge on Thursday declined to postpone Wisconsin's presidential primary over the health threat from the new coronavirus, but he ordered that people be given an extra six days...
Apr 02, 2020
New fund started by United Way Alberta Northwest meant to help seniors, kids
United Way Alberta Northwest has started a fund to, as it says in a Facebook post, "get dollars where they are needed the most."It has come up with an initiative called the Community Response Fund.Exe...
Apr 02, 2020 From the United Way Alberta Northwest Facebook page
Grande Prairie Salvation Army to create food assistance program for school kids
The Grande Prairie Salvation Army has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Province, to develop and run a program that supplies vulnerable students and their families with food and/or meals during t...
Apr 02, 2020
Hockey players in the minors face uncertainty, job fears
Tim Harrison made the long drive from South Carolina to his home just south of Boston with a lot on his mind. The ECHL season had just been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the 26-ye...
Apr 02, 2020
Local distilleries now distributing hand sanitizer
Broken Oak and Latitude 55 Distilleries in Grande Prairie are now distributing their made-in-house hand sanitizer.Around the middle of March, Broken Oak and Latitude 55 announced they were beginning t...
Apr 02, 2020 Both distilleries are offering 375 millilitre bottles of the hand sanitizer. (Latitude 55/Facebook)