Health

Social Distancing…

I’m self-isolating because I was in the States last week (plus it’s the right thing to do). I miss my activities and my friends. It’s not yee-haw fun, but it’s certainly not th...

Stephanie Staples Mar 22, 2020

Canadian scientists fight coronavirus pandemic on dozens of fronts

Public health officials across Canada and around the world are working flat out to test as many people as possible for the novel coronavirus. Srinivas Murthy is working to figure out how to help&...

Mar 22, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Province amends emergency management to address COVID-19

Alberta's Emergency Management Amendment Act now allows local and provincial states of emergency to exist at the same time, helping communities and the province respond effectively to emergencies.The ...

Mar 21, 2020

What’s your role in this?

What to do in the middle of … whatever the hell this is? It’s got the world shook up and everyone paying attention. Borders are shut down, downtowns are ghost towns, calendars, workp...

Stephanie Staples Mar 19, 2020

GPPWFL temporarily ceases league operations amid Coronavirus concerns

The Grande Prairie Pee Wee Football league has decided to temporarily cease all league operations, over concerns regarding the Coronavirus. That means there will be no practices, in-person registratio...

Mar 14, 2020

Jury trials temporarily suspended in Alberta

CALGARY, AB - Alberta is joining several other provinces in suspending jury trials because of the novel coronavirus outbreak.Calgary's Chief Crown prosecutor Sue Kendall has sent an email to prosecuto...

Mar 14, 2020

Sophie Gregoire Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19: PMO

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office says Sophie Gregoire Trudeau has tested positive for the novel corona virus.Following medical advice, the prime minister's wife is remaining in isolation for the t...

Mar 12, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau arrive at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Wednesday, Sept.11, 2019. Trudeau and his wife are in self-isolation over COVID-19 concerns, which has forced the cancellation of an in-person meeting of Canada's first ministers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada develops COVID-19 guidelines on when to cancel major events

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has posted guidelines aimed at helping event planners figure out whether to cancel mass gatherings of people as the federal government works to quell the po...

Mar 12, 2020

Trudeau goes into self-isolation over COVID-19

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife are in self-isolation over COVID-19 concerns, which has forced the cancellation of an in-person meeting of Canada's first ministers. The Prime ...

Mar 12, 2020

WHO declares COVID-19 crisis is now a pandemic

ROME - Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who hea...

Mar 11, 2020