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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, March 4, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 4, 2021. There are 878,391 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 878,391 confirmed cases (29,903 active, 8...
Mar 4, 2021
Powerful quake hits off New Zealand, prompting evacuations
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Friday in the ocean off New Zealand, prompting thousands of people to evacuate and triggering tsunami warnings across the South Pac...
Mar 4, 2021
Spring convocation at U of L will again be all-digital
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Another crop of soon-to-be graduates at the University of Lethbridge will take part in an online convocation ceremony.While the province looks to gradually reopen more parts of societ...
Mar 4, 2021
Phish guitarist to found substance abuse treatment centre
LUDLOW, Vt. - Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio plans to start a substance use disorder treatment centre in Vermont, where the band was formed in 1983. Anastasio, who is now 14 years sober, announced Thu...
Mar 4, 2021
Line 5 'very different' from Keystone XL, Canada will fight hard for it, says O'Regan
WASHINGTON - Canada's natural resources minister is calling the cross-border Line 5 pipeline a "non-negotiable" element of talks with the United States. Seamus O'Regan is vowing to defend the underwat...
Mar 4, 2021
Blue Jays surrender two runs on wild pitches in 8-2 exhibition loss to Tigers
LAKELAND, Fla. - A lack of control from Toronto's pitchers was a factor in the Detroit Tigers' 8-2 win over the Blue Jays in spring training action Thursday. The Tigers (3-2) scored eight unanswered r...
Mar 4, 2021
Gradual reopening of Olymel’s Red Deer plant begins
RED DEER, AB. -- Olymel is moving ahead with a gradual reopening of its Red Deer pork processing plant starting Thursday after it was shut down for two weeks due to a COVID-19 outbreak.The company ann...
Mar 4, 2021
Court hears Med Hat murder victim was being watched night before his body was found
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A neighbor of murder victim James Satre took the stand Thursday morning at the first-degree murder trial of Robert Hoefman.Darla Dolan lived two doors down from James Satre on Mill ...
Mar 4, 2021
Budget 2021: Province announces $143-million towards health facilities
CALGARY, AB- Calgary's Foothills Hospital is receiving new priority health capital projects from Alberta's 2021 Budget.Foothills Medical Centre's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is being given $23...
Mar 4, 2021
California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for people who live in the most vulnerable neighbourhoods in an effort to inoculate people most at risk from the coron...
Mar 4, 2021