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GPREP demobilizes flooding operations, renews COVID-19 State of Local Emergency
The Grande Prairie Regional Emergency Partnership announced Wednesday afternoon that they have demobilized flooding operations and have removed any flood-related States of Local Emergency that previou...
Apr 29, 2020 Flooded road in Sexsmith (Photo: Shane Clausing)
Pod hockey: Leading plan for NHL return includes empty rinks
Get used to the concept of pods and pucks if the NHL is going to have any chance of completing its season, with the most likely scenarios calling for games in empty, air-conditioned arenas during the ...
Apr 29, 2020
Canadian military helicopter reported missing while operating in Mediterranean
OTTAWA - Defence officials are scrambling following reports a Canadian military helicopter has gone missing while participating in a NATO operation in the Mediterranean Sea. Greek TV says the helicopt...
Apr 29, 2020
Cargill beef plant to reopen next week after COVID-19 outbreak forced closure
CALGARY - Workers are to return Monday to a beef processing plant south of Calgary that was closed for two weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak. Cargill says its High River facility will restart ...
Apr 29, 2020
U of T associate professor not optimistic CFL will get government assistance
TORONTO - An associate professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management calls the CFL's bid for securing financial aid from the Canadian government a "Hail...
Apr 29, 2020
N.L. tells 'come from aways' to stay away after pandemic rules flouted
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is clamping down on travel to the province after reports of tourists arriving by ferry to view icebergs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief medical...
Apr 29, 2020
Ontario Conservative MPs pass motion demanding Sloan apologize for attack on Tam
OTTAWA - Ontario Conservative MP Derek Sloan could face expulsion from his party's caucus over remarks he made questioning the loyalty of the country's chief public health officer. Sources tell ...
Apr 29, 2020
Doctors fret over surgery backlog after immediate COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Doctors say they're becoming increasingly concerned about how they're going to handle the swelling backlog of elective surgeries once the immediate COVID-19 threat has ebbed. Hospitals have p...
Apr 29, 2020
Manitoba to ease some COVID-19 restrictions starting in May
WINNIPEG - Many non-essential Manitoba businesses that have been shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic are to be allowed to reopen as of Monday. The Progressive Conservative government released a ph...
Apr 29, 2020
Soldiers get orderly training ahead of Quebec long-term care deployment
MONTREAL - Canadian Forces soldiers got a crash course in senior care Wednesday as members with no medical background or orderly experience prepared to deploy to Quebec long-term care homes harde...
Apr 29, 2020