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China state media reports 19 people killed in forest fire
BEIJING - Nineteen people have died while fighting a raging forest fire in southwestern China and reinforcements were sent to fight the blaze and evacuate nearby residents, officials and state media r...
Mar 30, 2020
Alberta cuts energy war room budget by 90% due to COVID-19
EDMONTON - Alberta's $30-million-a-year energy war room is drastically cutting its budget due to COVID-19.The province announced late Monday that the Canadian Energy Centre is reducing its current ope...
Mar 30, 2020
Community remembers Grouard man lost to COVID-19
A resident of Grouard has been identified as the North zone's first fatality related to COVID-19.Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced that one of five fatalities due t...
Mar 30, 2020 Photo: Big Lakes County Facebook page
B.C. court considers ways to deliver Meng decision in socially distant manner
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court is considering creative ways to deliver a decision in an extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou as a global pandemic restricts travel and ga...
Mar 30, 2020
Gatherings restricted, schools closed: What's being done to fight COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every province and territory. Medical officers of health and Canada's chief public health officer are encouraging people to wash their hands, giv...
Mar 30, 2020
Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames announce temporary layoffs
The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames have announced temporary staff reductions because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The moves on Monday come with nearly all major sports leagues and...
Mar 30, 2020
Vancouver Convention Centre picked for off site COVID-19 treatment centre
VICTORIA - Vancouver's waterfront convention centre is being prepared as a health facility in British Columbia's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Monday. The centre...
Mar 30, 2020
Man dies from COVID-19 in North Zone
The North Zone has its first fatality from COVID-19.Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw announced that fatality as one of five new deaths from the disease on Monday, bringing t...
Mar 30, 2020 Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw (Photo: Government of Alberta)
Former Canucks goalie Lack retires after taking time off with hip injury
Former Vancouver Canucks goaltender Eddie Lack is retiring from the NHL. Lack, who had been sidelined this season with a hip injury, made the announcement Monday on his Twitter account in a four-...
Mar 30, 2020
WATCH: Province provides COVID-19 update for March 30
Alberta's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw and other provincial officials will provide an update on COVID-19 in Alberta at 4:30 p.m. The province added 119 confirmed cases over the we...
Mar 30, 2020