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WINNIPEG - Health officials and police are warning people about an email scam taking advantage of people worried about COVID-19 to steal money or sensitive information. Winnipeg police have sent a war...

OTTAWA - Canada is closing its borders to most foreign nationals except Americans and is barring anyone, including Canadian citizens, with symptoms of the novel coronavirus from boarding fli...

OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services is seeking to reassure donors that it's safe to give blood, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Isra Levy of Canadian Blood Services says there has been a jum...

LOS ANGELES - Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a shelter-in-place mandate on Monday affecting nearly 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says...

BOSTON - A longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist and musical trailblazer has died, the orchestra said Monday. Doriot Anthony Dwyer was 98. Dwyer, the second woman ever to win a principal chair in...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - As of Monday, March 16, there is one confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in Alberta Health Services' South Zone, which includes Lethbridge.The City of Lethbridge is taking prevent...

OTTAWA, ON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a significant measure to limit the spread of COVID-19."We will be denying entry to Canada to people who are not Canadian citizens or permanent ...

EDMONTON, AB - The doctor who has become the face of Alberta's medical response to the novel coronavirus outbreak is in self-isolation.Government sources say Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief me...

EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta is taking steps to expedite the passing of budget legislation.Government House Leader Jason Nixon says they hope to bolster the response to the COVID-19 pandem...

The NHL is pushing back the possibility of resuming its season for several weeks, if not a month or more. The league and NHL Players' Association told players Monday they can go home - even out of Nor...