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Multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81
NEW YORK - Terrence McNally, one of America's great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compassion!" and "Master Class" and the musicals "Ragtim...
Mar 24, 2020

Saskatchewan health officials preparing for thousands to die: document
REGINA - The spread of COVID-19 could exceed the Saskatchewan Health Authority's capacity for acute services and amount to a death toll in the thousands, says a document....
Mar 24, 2020

Text messages will provide mental health and wellness support
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A new service is available to support mental health and wellness for anyone who may be struggling during the COVID-19 crisis.Text4Hope is a free service that will provide three mont...
Mar 24, 2020 Text4Hope

General public not allowed in Alberta courthouses, changes to proceedings announced
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A series of changes have been announced regarding courthouse operations in Alberta and who is allowed to attend and for what reasons.Due to a combination of the provincial State of Pu...
Mar 24, 2020 Lethbridge Courthouse. (Lethbridge News Now)

Grunwald: "We just have to defer our excitement and get ready for 2021"
Glen Grunwald was at Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse's foundation gala dinner on March 11 when the sports world began unravelling. Utah Jazz centre Rudy Gobert had just tested positive for COVID-19, ...
Mar 24, 2020

Planning starts anew for rugby sevens teams in wake of Olympic postponement
Hours after the IOC pushed back the Tokyo Olympics to 2021, Canadian women's rugby sevens coach John Tait scheduled a conference call with his players. Topics included what's next - and whet...
Mar 24, 2020

Community spread of COVID-19 within Canada now rising
OTTAWA - Canada's chief medical health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says overall in Canada, an equal number of Canadians who have tested positive for COVID-19 contracted the virus from travel and from tran...
Mar 24, 2020

Montreal Canadiens making temporary job cuts during COVID-19 crisis
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are reducing their workforce during the COVID-19 crisis. Groupe CH, which also owns the American Hockey League's Laval Rocket, says it will proceed with a tempor...
Mar 24, 2020

Many southern Albertan communities close playgrounds to limit COVID-19 spread
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Local governments throughout the region are taking steps to limit the spread of COVID-19.Playground equipment has been identified as an area of particular concern as many officials fe...
Mar 24, 2020 Playground at Lethbridge's Nicholas Sheran Park. (Lethbridge News Now)

Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic
Parks Canada is restricting vehicles in national parks and national historic sites after people flocked to the popular areas on the weekend.The federal agency said it's still noticing lots of visitors...
Mar 24, 2020