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Redcliff Youth Centre continuing to help youth during pandemic
REDCLIFF, AB.- With youth out of school and extracurriculars, the Redcliff Youth Centre is doing their part to reach out to them during the COVID-19 pandemic. The centre has been reaching out to their...
Apr 15, 2020 (Facebook/ Redcliff Youth Centre)
Province-wide golf closure comes as Riverview Golf Club hits upswing
REDCLIFF, AB - It wasn't too long ago that the Riverview Golf Club in Redcliff was teetering on the brink of having to close up shop due to financial strain.A $315,000 loan from the Town of Redcliff h...
Apr 15, 2020 Riverview Golf Club general manager Todd Read (Photo courtesy of Bob Schneider)
Trump looks to ease distancing in places; CEOs urge caution
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Wednesday he's prepared to announce new guidelines allowing some states to quickly ease up on social distancing even as business leaders told him they need mor...
Apr 15, 2020
Restrictions at Canada-U.S. border could soon be eased, Trump suggests
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is suggesting that travel restrictions along the Canada-U.S. border could be relaxed sooner rather than later. Trump says Canada is doing well in controll...
Apr 15, 2020
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame closes museum for 2020, will still induct athletes
CALGARY - Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is closing the doors on its Calgary museum until the end of 2020, but will still announce a class of inductees this year. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the&n...
Apr 15, 2020
Outpatient lab at hospital closed
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Outpatient Laboratory at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital is closed to the public.A release sent by Alberta Health Services late on Wednesday says the closure is effective Wed...
Apr 15, 2020
Single mother has difficulty collecting her GST benefit
MEDICINE HAT, AB -It's been a struggle for a single mom from Gleichen to collect her GST benefit.Amanda Nugis was relying on the $847 dollar relief cheque from Ottawa to help support her two children ...
Apr 15, 2020 Amanda Nugis and her two children (Photo courtesy Amanda Nugis)
Apple rolls out cheaper iPhone as pandemic curbs spending
NEW YORK - Apple is releasing a new iPhone that will be vastly cheaper than the models it rolled out last fall when the economy was booming and the pandemic had yet to force people to rethink their sp...
Apr 15, 2020
Fed notes what most Americans see: A sharp economic downturn
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is noting what most Americans are already acutely aware of: Economic activity contracted sharply and abruptly cross all regions of the country in recent weeks as the c...
Apr 15, 2020
Alberta launches $53M COVID-19 mental health response plan
After the largest single day jump in COVID-19 cases in Alberta yesterday, Premier Jason Kenney announced a further 126 cases on Wednesday. The provincial total now sits at 1,996. Kenney had no further...
Apr 15, 2020