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StatsCan to release GDP figures for March and first quarter of 2020
OTTAWA - Canada's central bank is to release its view of the effects of COVID-19 and its outlook for the domestic economy. The Bank of Canada announcement today will come after the Internati...
Apr 15, 2020

WHO issues guidelines for lifting COVID-19 restrictions. Is Canada ready?
OTTAWA - Federal and provincial officials are starting to discuss how and when to start reopening schools and businesses but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Tuesday the full-scale lockdowns most ...
Apr 14, 2020

Former Whitecap charged with sexual assault after alleged incident in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A former Vancouver Whitecaps player has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual assault following an alleged offence in the Vancouver area in May 2018. British Columbia's ...
Apr 14, 2020

The Daily with LNN – April 14, 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 14, 2020 Lethbridge News Now

U.S. halting all funding to the World Health Organization
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he has directed a halt to U.S. payments to the World Health Organization (WHO) pending a review of its warnings about the coronavirus and China.Trump says the ...
Apr 14, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump. (The Associated Press)

Increased testing means increase in confirmed cases of COVID-19
EDMONTON, AB. - The Tuesday, April 14 update from Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw outlined a jump in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Alberta. There were 138 new cases, taking the prov...
Apr 14, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw -- Government of Alberta

Vancouver council members hear toilet flush, not each other, at virtual meeting
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says city council's first attempt at a virtual meeting was a bumpy one that included technical glitches, delays and the whoosh of a flushing toilet. The public meeting ...
Apr 14, 2020

$3-million in provincial grants being given to Caregivers Alberta
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta looks to support the province's caregivers.They are giving $3-million in grants to Caregivers Alberta, a non-profit organization that provides programs and res...
Apr 14, 2020 Health Minister Tyler Shandro. (Government of Alberta)

Many factors behind COVID-19 outbreaks hitting Quebec's long-term care homes
MONTREAL - As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across Canada, no places have been harder hit than Quebec's long-term care homes, where single facilities have seen dozens of residents die. Half th...
Apr 14, 2020

Officials in southeast B.C. thank those who stayed home for Easter
INVERMERE, B.C. - Politicians in the Columbia Valley are thanking those who decided to stay home over Easter long weekend.Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Doug Clovechok says he's pleased that many Briti...
Apr 14, 2020 Downtown Invermere, B.C. (The Drive 102.9 FM)