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Drumheller Institution in Alberta locked down, two inmates tested for COVID-19
DRUMHELLER, AB - Another federal prison in Alberta has been locked down as a precaution after some inmates showed flu symptoms.Correctional Services Canada says two medium security unit inmates at Dru...
Mar 28, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11 a.m The federal government says it is working with its counterparts in Panama and a cruise line to get mor...
Mar 28, 2020

Feds working to get 248 Canadians stranded on COVID-19-infected cruise ship home
TORONTO - More than 200 Canadians remain stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of Panama where some passengers have tested positive for COVID-19 and four others have died. The federal governmen...
Mar 28, 2020

Provincial government update from Friday evening with more details on things impacting Albertans
Medicine Hat, AB---The COVID 19 pandemic is resulting in situations changing rapidly. On Friday the government made a number of announcements related to the outbreak. Here is a recap of the latest cha...
Mar 28, 2020 File

Girl Guide cookies available at Save-on-Foods
Save-On-Foods is sending boxes of Girl Guides of Canada's famous chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies to all 175 of its Save-On-Foods and Urban Fare locations to sell the cookies on behalf of Girl G...
Mar 28, 2020

Calls for Health Minister Shandro to resign after alleged confrontation
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has rejected calls to fire his health minister for threatening to sic legislature security on a private citizen and berating a physician in front of his family....
Mar 28, 2020

Girl Guide cookies available at Save-on-Foods
Save-On-Foods is sending boxes of Girl Guides of Canada's famous chocolate and vanilla sandwich cookies to all 175 of its Save-On-Foods and Urban Fare locations to sell the cookies on behalf of Girl G...
Mar 28, 2020

Regions brace to fight rising flood waters and cases of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Flood-prone regions across the country are bracing to fight emergencies on multiple fronts as they plan for rising water and rising levels of COVID-19. In cities like Ottawa that have be...
Mar 28, 2020

Pandemic conspiracy theories test truth, evidence, government, say experts
VICTORIA - The novel coronavirus threatens the health of Canadians, but to some people the pandemic stokes fears of a government plot to subvert freedoms, say experts who study conspiracy theories. Te...
Mar 28, 2020

Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98
ATLANTA - The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discriminatio...
Mar 27, 2020