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Can pro sports make safe return amid pandemic? Experts say precautions needed
Professional sports leagues in North America are getting deeper into conversations about when and how they can resume play during the COVID-19 pandemic. And while they're still looking weeks...
Jun 04, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 04, 2020
Spiritual needs of vulnerable federal inmates unmet during pandemic: chaplains
OTTAWA - Federal prison chaplains say the spiritual needs of inmates have become an unnecessary casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when offenders are feeling particularly vulnerable and alone...
Jun 04, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on June 4, 2020: There are 93,085 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 51,884 confirmed (includ...
Jun 04, 2020
RCMP to provide update today on investigation into mass killing in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia RCMP are expected to provide an update today on their investigation into the mass killing in April that claimed the lives of 22 victims. It's been more than a month sin...
Jun 04, 2020
PM joins third pandemic summit amid campaign for Security Council seat
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking part in his third international summit in a week as Canada campaigns for a coveted United Nation's Security Council seat on a platform of helping to re...
Jun 04, 2020
Officer shot, 2nd slashed in Brooklyn hours into NYC curfew
NEW YORK - A police officer was shot and a second one slashed in Brooklyn on Wednesday, hours after a curfew that was intended to quell unrest over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota, police said....
Jun 03, 2020
Stockwell Day steps down from several roles after comments about racism
A former Canadian Alliance leader and Conservative MP has resigned from Telus' board of directors and as a strategic adviser to a law firm after comparing racism to his experience of being mocked in s...
Jun 03, 2020
Business community jumping on board with HALO Challenge
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Donations and fundraising initiatives from Medicine Hat's business community in support of HALO Air Ambulance are picking up steam this week.Industries across the region are banding...
Jun 03, 2020
Sewer work to begin next week in Parkview
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The City of Medicine Hat's long-term sewer management strategy will move into a new phase next week. Work will begin on June 8 to install a new sanitary sewer trunkline in the Parkv...
Jun 03, 2020