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Ontario Liberals to pick new leader to succeed Kathleen Wynne
TORONTO - Ontario Liberals will gather this weekend to select their new leader, a person who will face the daunting task of whipping a decimated party back into fighting form in time for an election j...
Mar 06, 2020
Woman with presumed case of COVID-19 in critical condition in B.C.
VICTORIA - A woman in her 80s with a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus is in critical condition at a Vancouver hospital. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said Wednesday the wom...
Mar 06, 2020
One more victory: Biden wins most Super Tuesday delegates
WASHINGTON - Former Vice-President Joe Biden has put an exclamation point on his Super Tuesday victories by winning the most delegates on the presidential primary calendar's biggest night. The Associa...
Mar 06, 2020
BREAKING: Alberta reporting second presumptive case of COVID-19
EDMONTON - Less than 24 hours after the province announced its first presumptive case of COVID-19, Alberta's medical officer of health has announced it's second."This time in Edmonton in a man in his ...
Mar 06, 2020 Alberta's chief medical officer of health speaking to reporters this afternoon.
Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy
WASHINGTON - The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of fear on Wall Street may be the bond market, where the moves over th...
Mar 06, 2020
HIV Community Link reacts to government's safe consumption site report
MEDICINE HAT, AB -The proposed supervised consumption site in Medicine Hat is still up in the air, following the provincial government's report yesterday.The report did suggest however, that safe inje...
Mar 06, 2020 Proposed safe consumption site in Medicine Hat (photo courtesy Bob Schneider)
First-ever virtual parade of homes at Sunshine Home & Garden Show
MEDICINE HAT, AB -Using a pair of virtual reality goggles can open the door to different house plans and maybe even your future home.The virtual parade of homes is the first of its kind in the world, ...
Mar 06, 2020 Enclave Ventures - Virtual Parade of Homes at the Sunshine Home & Garden Show in Medicine Hat March 6, 2020 (Photo courtesy Colton Mckee)
Canadian troops on alert as novel coronavirus outbreak spreads to Iraq
OTTAWA - Canadian troops in Iraq are on high alert as the novel coronavirus spreads inside the country. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance said troops have been ordered to protec...
Mar 06, 2020
The politics of a potential pandemic: opposition MPs slam government secrecy
OTTAWA - Opposition critics say they have been left in the dark about the federal government's preparations for a potential outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Canada. On Wednesday morning, Prim...
Mar 06, 2020
Skiing finals, Italian cycling races cancelled due to virus
MILAN - The alpine skiing World Cup Finals and major Italian cycling races were among the latest sporting events to be cancelled on Friday because of the escalating virus outbreak. Also, an unnamed Sc...
Mar 06, 2020