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Uganda's Bobi Wine sings against virus, criticizes leaders
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan pop star and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who released a song urging Africa's people to wash their hands to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, is criticizing African gov...
Mar 29, 2020

Allard urges public to follow government mandates to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak
Tracy Allard, the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Grande Prairie, is asking the public to be responsible, and follow the provincial and federal mandates in place to prevent the spread of the no...
Mar 29, 2020

Canada's sports organizations eager to unite country when pandemic passes
Tom Renney remembers exactly where he was during the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It was the first time the New York Rangers had ever held their training camp in Manhattan. Renney, who was entering...
Mar 29, 2020

Home becomes school and workplace as students switch to online learning
Spring break is over in most of Canada but provincial governments and teachers' unions are still trying to figure out how learning will resume at home, which for many parents has been transf...
Mar 29, 2020

Bereaved Canadians struggle and adapt to grieve under COVID-19 measures
A funeral for Paula Lockhart was held in Kentville, N.S., last week, after the 55-year-old passed away following a long battle with cancer. For Paula's son Keith, it wasn't the service he expecte...
Mar 29, 2020

Falher, High Level areas add first confirmed COVID-19 cases Saturday
The province's COVID-19 aggregate data website is reporting the first five confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Falher area on Saturday, as the province as a whole added 79 new cases to bring Alberta's ...
Mar 28, 2020 The Falher area added its first five confirmed cases on Saturday, while the High Level area (highlighted at the top) added its first case (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Canada could face legal trouble over refugee deportations: advocates
OTTAWA - Refugee advocates say Canada could be in legal hot water if the United States deports asylum seekers turned away from Canada as part of a broader deal with the U.S. to close the border t...
Mar 28, 2020

Province temporarily reduces K-12 education funding for "services not being utilized"
The provincial government announced on Saturday that it is temporarily re-routing some of the funding from its education budget to its COVID-19 response, which will have an affect on areas such as tra...
Mar 28, 2020 Minister of Education Adriana LaGrange (Photo: Government of Alberta)

Families urge action to get Canadians home from cruise ship stuck off Panama
It should have been the trip of a lifetime for Ottawa residents Catherine McLeod and Paul Innes, but it has turned into a nightmare as they remain trapped on a cruise ship where COVID-19 has taken hol...
Mar 28, 2020

Ontario allows youth to remain in care after passing cut-off age during pandemic
TORONTO - Youth in Ontario's child welfare system who pass the cut-off age during the COVID-19 pandemic will remain in care, says a new moratorium issued by the province. That means the ...
Mar 28, 2020