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Bettman: NHL keeping a close eye on new coronavirus outbreak as crisis widens
BOCA RATON, Fla. - NHL players can still high-five fans and sign autographs. The new coronavirus outbreak, however, has already impacted the game in another way. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Wed...
Mar 04, 2020
Via Rail calling back employees as service resumes to normal schedule
MONTREAL - Via Rail Canada says most of the 1,000 employees affected by the suspension of service last month due to blockades will be called back to work as most normal service resumes on Sa...
Mar 04, 2020
Woman with presumed case of COVID-19 in critical condition in B.C.
VICTORIA - A woman in her 80s with a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus is in critical condition at a Vancouver hospital. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says the woman develop...
Mar 04, 2020
Thief hits Sexsmith Fire Station
RCMP are investigating after a thief stole some equipment from the Sexsmith Fire Station.A release says someone broke into the station just before 2 a.m. Monday and went into the area where equipment ...
Mar 04, 2020
A conservation specialist says closing provincial parks won't save money, benefit Albertans, or improve tourism
The Provincial Government has announced that it will be fully or partially closing 20 provincial parks and recreational areas, while removing 164 parks, recreation areas, and natural areas from the pa...
Mar 04, 2020
Kim Kardashian West, former prisoners visit White House
WASHINGTON - Kim Kardashian West visited the White House on Wednesday along with three women who had their sentences commuted by President Donald Trump last month, allowing them early release from fed...
Mar 04, 2020
Brian Urlacher's brother pleads not guilty in gambling case
CHICAGO - Casey Urlacher, the brother of Chicago Bears Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging he was part of an offshore sports gambling busin...
Mar 04, 2020
New interveners allowed on provincial and federal sides in Bill C-69 dispute
CALGARY - Alberta's top court is allowing a dozen submissions to be heard from advocacy groups and First Nations in the province's constitutional challenge to Ottawa's revamped environmental assessmen...
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Canadian troops on alert as novel coronavirus outbreak spreads to Iraq
OTTAWA - Canadian military personnel in Iraq are on high alert following reports the novel coronavirus is spreading within the country. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance says troops have ...
Mar 04, 2020
Freeland chairs cabinet committee on 'whole-of-country' response to coronavirus
OTTAWA - The Minister of Everything has one more hot potato on her plate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped Chrystia Freeland to chair a cabinet committee aimed at co-ordinating the federal gov...
Mar 04, 2020