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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

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

No new COVID-19 cases in South Zone
EDMONTON, AB - No new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Alberta Health Service's South Zone Saturday but Alberta did see 79 more diagnosis across the province in the past day, according to the l...
Mar 28, 2020 Graphic courtesy of the Alberta Government

Red Deer's MPs say they'll donate legislated April 1 raises
RED DEER, AB - Local MPs Blaine Calkins (Red Deer-Lacombe) and Earl Dreeshen (Red Deer-Mountain View) have released a joint statement saying they'll be donating their 2020 raise which comes into effec...
Mar 28, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

Flying the flag: One Hatter's effort to soften hard edge of global pandemic
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With one gloved hand firmly gripped on a home-made flag pole flying the maple leaf, Mike Howkins snaps a salute to every trucker who approaches the South Ridge Drive overpass along ...
Mar 28, 2020

Mayor speaks to residents about COVID-19
Medicine Hat, AB...Mayor Ted Clugston has made this video to update residents.
Mar 28, 2020 File

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

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