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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 5
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 1:29 p.m. on Aug 5, 2020: There are 118,036 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 60,000 confirmed (including 5,687 deaths, 50,886 resolve...
Aug 05, 2020

Province updates Alberta's Wildlife Regulation
Changes to Alberta's Wildlife Regulation will improve wildlife conservation, enhance opportunities for hunters and trappers and provide economic relief for outfitters, says the provincial government.T...
Aug 05, 2020

Calgary Zoo worried giant pandas 'in jeopardy' as bamboo supply running out
CALGARY - Time and food supplies are running out for two giant pandas at the Calgary Zoo. Er Shun and Da Mao arrived in Calgary in 2018, along with cubs Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue, after...
Aug 05, 2020

McCartney appointed AP's entertainment & lifestyles editor
Anthony McCartney, The Associated Press' West Coast entertainment editor who as a reporter covered the legal aftermath of Michael Jackson's death and many celebrity trials, has been appointed the news...
Aug 05, 2020

Residential Infill Incentive Program launched
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Invest Medicine Hat has announced five separate grants as part of a program that intended to speed up development and reconstruction of infill properties. According to a release fro...
Aug 05, 2020

Maple Leafs defenceman Jake Muzzin out for remainder of preliminary round series
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs say defenceman Jake Muzzin has been discharged from hospital and is back at the team's hotel, but will not return to the lineup during Toronto's playoff qualification se...
Aug 05, 2020

AP source: Biden won't go to Milwaukee for acceptance speech
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept his party's White House nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus. That's according to a Democrat with know...
Aug 05, 2020

Heat warning returns for Medicine Hat area
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A large swath of Alberta is again under a heat warning today.The heat warnings stretch from the Fort McMurray-Fort MacKay region in the north all the way down the Saskatchewan bound...
Aug 05, 2020

Four irrigation projects worth almost $40 million announced for Taber area
TABER, AB - Alberta's Infrastructure Minister Prasad Panda announced three new irrigation-based projects are on the way for Taber and one for the Raymond area.The new projects are part of the $10 bill...
Aug 05, 2020

COVID-19 fallout: Ottawa announces details of support program for fishermen
HALIFAX - The federal government has announced details of a $469-million program aimed at helping Canada's fish harvesters deal with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fisherie...
Aug 05, 2020