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Feds likely didn't have enough protective gear in emergency stockpile: Hajdu
OTTAWA - Health Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government likely did not have enough protective equipment in its emergency stockpile to meet needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hajdu ...
Apr 01, 2020
Local artists to perform at-home shows for Peace Country residents
A number of local artists are set to "hit the stage" over the next two weeks at "Revolution Place" to perform for the people of the Peace while they are practicing social distancing and staying home.T...
Apr 01, 2020 Grande Prairie's Tenille Townes performing during her annual Big Hearts for Big Kids fundraiser this past September (Photo: Sheena Roszell)
Golfer Corey Conners making the most of time at home during social distancing
Like most people, Corey Conners is finding new and different ways to fill his time while observing physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. That means playing as the Toronto Maple L...
Apr 01, 2020
Man facing murder charges in deaths of Saskatchewan boy and grandparents
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man is facing three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of a seven-year-old boy and the child's grandparents. Court records show an appearance was schedul...
Apr 01, 2020
Earthquake rattles Southern Alberta and Northwest U.S. Tuesday evening
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Did you feel it? For many residents across southern Alberta, including Calgary, and much of the U.S. north-west, the earth moved early Tuesday (Mar 31) evening. The temblor was felt ...
Apr 01, 2020 Earthquake area -- USGS
Hinshaw continues to encourage acts of kindness during pandemic
The province's chief medical officer of health continues to encourage Albertans to do acts of kindness during the COVID-19 crisis."We are all in this together and now more than ever, kindness matters,...
Apr 01, 2020 Canadian Press File Photo
New York City deaths top 1,000 with worst to come
New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily qu...
Apr 01, 2020
Education minister will not reverse decision on layoffs amid COVID-19 pandemic
Alberta's education minister, in her first public comments since laying off more than 20,000 people in an email on the weekend, resisted Opposition calls to reverse her decision.Adriana LaGrange also ...
Apr 01, 2020
Duration of COVID-19 measures depends on obeying health authorites: PM
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the longer it takes for all Canadians to follow the rules and stay home the longer it will be before life can return to normal.One scenario presented to cab...
Apr 01, 2020
Trudeau: U.S. standing down plan to send soldiers to backstop northern border
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the United States appears to have backed off on its plan to send soldiers to the Canada-U.S. border. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had been float...
Apr 01, 2020