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Blood Tribe woman charged after drug bust
STANDOFF, AB - Blood Tribe Police (BTP) have charged a woman with drug-related offences.A release from the BTP stated that on April 2, the detachment received tips from the public, which led to the ar...
Apr 10, 2020
No LPS officers have tested positive for COVID-19, despite coughing "assault"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is providing updates on the condition of a peace officer who was intentionally coughed on during an arrest.The incident occurred on April 2 when police...
Apr 10, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)
Yemen has 1st confirmed virus case, more than 10k in Israel
CAIRO - Yemen's internationally recognized government Friday announced the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the war-torn country, stoking fears that an outbreak could devastate an already crippl...
Apr 10, 2020
McCain Foods donates 20 million pounds of potatoes to combat food insecurity
FLORENCEVILLE-BRISTOL, NEW BRUNSWICK - McCain Foods has announced a donation to help out Food Banks Canada, Second Harvest and other local food security organizations across the country.The company ha...
Apr 10, 2020 McCain Foods will distribute 20 million pounds of potatoes to help combat food insecurity global pandemic (CNW Group/McCain Foods)
Tavares, group of Leafs make donation to front-line workers amid pandemic
TORONTO - John Tavares lived in New York and his wife has worked in a hospital. As the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic started to settle in the last few weeks - desperate calls for medical supplies, ...
Apr 10, 2020
Some Montreal health-care workers say shops, banks turning them away over COVID-19
MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault hails Quebec health-care workers as "guardian angels," but some say they are being denied services at banks and pharmacies when they reveal their occupati...
Apr 10, 2020
Broader gender focus needed for COVID-19 response, advocates say
OTTAWA - As Canada continues to combat the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, women's rights advocates say not enough focus has been placed on the unique and often disproportionate impact the pa...
Apr 10, 2020
Trudeau to highlight interest-free loans to help small business weather pandemic
OTTAWA - While Canadian businesses wait for Parliament to approve a $73-billion wage subsidy program, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to highlight today another measure that will tide some c...
Apr 10, 2020
Canadian envoy to UN says past mental health fight has her ready for COVID-19
OTTAWA - As she watched the novel coronavirus swallow a helpless New York City, transforming it into the twin epicentre of the pandemic, Louise Blais found lessons in her own past for how to slay a de...
Apr 10, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Sex offender Gordon Stuckless dead
TORONTO - The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal has died. Gordon Stuckless was sentenced in 2016 to six and a half years behind bars - six after credit for his time ...
Apr 09, 2020