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Pandemic experts put 'least weight' on recovery stats, look to hospitalizations
VICTORIA - Scientists who track the growth of pandemics say some figures provided by public health officials tell more about the spread of the novel coronavirus than others. Daniel Coombs sa...
Apr 7, 2020
'It needs to be done:' Staff keep Iqaluit school breakfast program going
IQALUIT, Nunavut - School staff in Iqaluit have banded together to ensure that students in the capital of Nunavut don't go hungry because of closed classrooms. In a territory with ...
Apr 7, 2020
AP sources: MLB, union discuss playing all games in Arizona
NEW YORK - Putting all 30 teams in the Phoenix area and playing in empty ballparks was among the ideas discussed Monday by Major League Baseball and the players' association. The sides held a telephon...
Apr 6, 2020
Australian court dismisses cardinal's sex abuse convictions
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's highest court on Tuesday unanimously dismissed the convictions of the most senior Catholic found guilty of child sex abuse. Cardinal George Pell soon will be released...
Apr 6, 2020
The Daily with LNN – April 6, 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Take Lethbridge News Now on the go anytime, anywhere.The Daily is LNN's podcast-style news update, detailing some of the local, regional, and national stories we have been working on....
Apr 6, 2020 Lethbridge News Now
Nikka Yuko facility expansion will go ahead after all
LETHBRIDGE, AB - After months of deliberations and presentations, the Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens finally has assurance that their Programming & Community Facility will be built.It was originally ...
Apr 6, 2020 Nikka Yuko Japanese Gardens. (Lethbridge News Now)
Non-medical masks can keep people with COVID-19 from spreading it, Tam says
OTTAWA - Wearing a simple cloth mask is a way for someone who might have COVID-19 without realizing it to avoid spreading the illness to others, Canada's top public-health doctor said Monday.Dr. There...
Apr 6, 2020
Two more Covid-19 cases in the South Health zone
EDMONTON, AB. -- Alberta health has confirmed there are now 1,349 cases of COVID-19 in the province, with the addition of 98 cases on Monday (Apr 6). Another death in Calgary, involving woman in her 8...
Apr 6, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw -- Gov't of Alberta
Woman scared for brother in Calgary long-term care home with COVID-19 outbreak
CALGARY - A Calgary woman says she's terrified for her brother who has a severe mental disability and is living in a long-term care home with an outbreak of COVID-19. Julie Nimmo's br...
Apr 6, 2020
Leafs' Matthews, Marner, Penguins' Marleau relive start of ageless friendship
Auston Matthews remembers returning to the Toronto Maple Leafs' hotel after dinner one night and finding something unexpected. It was a road trip early in the 2017-18 season, and when t...
Apr 6, 2020