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Canadian banks move to help customers, allow deferral of mortgage payments
TORONTO - Canada's big banks are moving to provide financial breathing room to customers hurt by disruptions from the steps taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 The big six banks say they will allow c...
Mar 18, 2020 Canadian Press

Ottawa Senators player tests positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA - An Ottawa Senators player has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first NHLer to be diagnosed with the coronavirus. The Senators did not name the player when releasing the ne...
Mar 17, 2020

Judge hands major win to Katy Perry in 'Dark Horse' dispute
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge in Los Angeles handed a major victory to Katy Perry on Tuesday, overturning a jury's verdict that found the pop superstar and her collaborators copied her 2013 hit "Dark ...
Mar 17, 2020

Canada, U.S. working on mutual deal to restrict non-essential travel
WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are working out the details of a proposed mutual ban on non-essential travel between the two countries, a federal government source in Ottawa says. The ...
Mar 17, 2020

'Saddened' - Calgary Stampede temporarily lays off 80 per cent of workforce
CALGARY - The future of the 2020 'Greatest Show on Earth' is up in the air after the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede temporarily laid off 80 per cent of its staff Tuesday as a direct result ...
Mar 17, 2020

Progressive Newman ousts Rep. Lipinski in Illinois primary
CHICAGO - Progressive Marie Newman won a rematch Tuesday with Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski, unseating one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress in a victory for abortion-rights and women's grou...
Mar 17, 2020

Jazz Festival postponed as virus reaches Louisiana capital
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which attracts hundreds of thousands of people for eight days of music, food and culture, has been postponed over coronavirus concerns, offi...
Mar 17, 2020

Trump mulls sending all who cross border illegally to Mexico
SAN DIEGO - The Trump administration is considering a plan to turn back all people who cross the border illegally from Mexico, two administration officials said Tuesday, using powers they say the pres...
Mar 17, 2020

Food bank turns to hamper delivery amid COVID-19
MEDICINE HAT, AB.- The Medicine Hat Food Bank has put heightened measures in place in order to safely provide help to the city's most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. The food bank has moved t...
Mar 17, 2020 The Medicine Hat Food Bank has switched to a hamper delivery system to help the city's most vulnerable during COVID-19

Day home demand in Medicine Hat increases following government closure of child care facilities
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Reaction has come swiftly this week to all of the government's announcements.Parents and organizations continue to struggle as all licensed child care, out-of-school care programs, ...
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