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Webster Niblock School staff have a special message
Webster Niblock School staff put together a video with a message for their students, but it's a message everyone can take to heart. Staff at the school and those at home self-isolating are featured in...
Mar 20, 2020
US home sales jumped to 13-year high before viral outbreak
WASHINGTON - U.S. home sales jumped in February to their highest level in 13 years, a trend that will almost certainly be reversed as people stop showing their property out of fear of infection in the...
Mar 20, 2020
National beef industry says sector is up to the COVID-19 challenge
MEDICINE HAT - It's unprecedented times in Canada's beef industry and Friday saw heads of several of the top organizations in the sector hold a town hall to discuss procedures going forward in light o...
Mar 20, 2020
AGLC: Liquor and cannabis retail stores will continue to operate
Liquour and cannabis stores throughout Alberta have seen increased foot traffic, but store owners still believe closures or delays could possibly be on the horizon.Alberta Cannabis notified shoppers o...
Mar 20, 2020
Fed to boost lending to $1 trillion a day to ease credit
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve moved with unprecedented force and speed Friday to pump huge amounts of cash into the financial system to ease disruptions that have escalated since the viral outbreak...
Mar 20, 2020
Netflix establishes $100 million virus relief fund
LOS ANGELES - Netflix said Friday it is establishing a $100 million relief fund for workers in the worldwide creative community affected by the coronavirus-caused halt of most film and television prod...
Mar 20, 2020
Second confirmed COVID-19 case in Medicine Hat
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's chief medical officer of health, announced 49 news cases in the province today, including a second confirmed case in Medicine Hat.The total number of cases in the province...
Mar 20, 2020
1st Ohio coronavirus death; 11 nursing home cases suspected
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine confirmed the state's first death from the coronavirus was a 76-year-old attorney from the Toledo area who recently travelled to California. Near Dayton, 11 resi...
Mar 20, 2020
Province to open more child care spaces next week
The Alberta government will open more child care spaces in an effort to ease work concerns for parents who work in critical sectors.Premier Jason Kenney said a phased re-opening of licensed child care...
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Marble Madness! Obscure sports rule in coronavirus pandemic
PHILADELPHIA - Welcome to the Marble Universe, where the rushing of glass balls down race tracks, around sandy beach corners or getting thumped by fidget spinners has suddenly become as captivating as...
Mar 20, 2020