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Alberta COVID cases surge to record 1,854 in one day
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services has released Thursday's report on COVID-19, covering statistics from the past 24 hours.1,854 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to 63...
Dec 03, 2020
Climate change costs taking increasing chunk off Canada's GDP growth: study
Climate change costs are already taking an increasing bite out of Canada's economic growth and the country is falling behind other nations when it comes to planning for them, says federally funded res...
Dec 03, 2020
Trudeau tells United Nations to address COVID-19 inequality amid vaccine advances
OTTAWA - The world's fight against COVID-19 doesn't end with the successful distribution of a vaccine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. Trudeau said ...
Dec 03, 2020
Twist of fate: Prairie provinces become COVID-19 hot spot in pandemic's second wave
EDMONTON - The three Prairie provinces have become the epicentre of COVID-19's second wave in Canada - surpassing Ontario and Quebec, the two most populous provinces that were initially the hardest hi...
Dec 03, 2020
New $20-million fund to support civil societies in Alberta
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Applications are now open for a new fund that supports agencies benefitting the community.The Government of Alberta says the Civil Society Fund will help to leverage the existing stre...
Dec 03, 2020
Raptors' Siakam wants to rediscover joy of playing after struggling in NBA bubble
Pascal Siakam wants to rediscover his love for the game. The Toronto Raptors forward struggled mightily in the NBA bubble near Orlando, Fla., when teams reconvened after the league's three-month COVID...
Dec 03, 2020
COVID case identified at St. Michael's School in Bow Island
BOW ISLAND, AB- Holy Spirit Catholic School Division has been informed of a case of COVID-19 at St. Michaels school.All close contacts have been notified and will begin isolating immediately.This is t...
Dec 03, 2020
California imposes new virus rules based on ICU capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will impose a new stay-at-home order for areas where capacity at intensive care units falls below 15%. Newsom announced the new plans...
Dec 03, 2020
Hillary, Chelsea Clinton to tell unheralded heroes' stories
LOS ANGELES - Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, are forming a film production company that they say will tell the stories of people whose voices are often overlooked. Their first proje...
Dec 03, 2020
Children and youth with special needs 'left out' of pandemic response: B.C. watchdog
VANCOUVER - A report from British Columbia's representative for children and youth says the pandemic has exacerbated long-standing problems with the support system for children with special needs, lea...
Dec 03, 2020