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COVID-19 will force feds to reconsider health-care funding, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will have to consider increasing health-care funding after seeing the toll the novel coronavirus has taken on the country. Before the pa...
Apr 24, 2020

COVID-19 infections in Alberta surpass 4,000, reach 444 in South Health Zone
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta has released its latest update on COVID-19 cases in the province.297 new cases were confirmed Friday, bringing the provincial total to 4,017.1,397 people hav...
Apr 24, 2020 Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw. (Government of Alberta)

RCMP offer details about timeline for mass killing in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP provided a partial timeline of what happened last weekend when a man posing as an RCMP officer killed 22 people before he was fatally shot by police on Sunday - a little...
Apr 24, 2020

Alberta Health Minister announces enhancements to rural, and urban, health care
EDMONTON, AB. -- With doctors' groups across the province vocalizing increased frustration with the province, Health Minister Tyler Shandro has written a prescription to ameliorate the situation. (Rea...
Apr 24, 2020 Health Minister Tyler Shandro - Gov't of Alberta

Alouettes coach Khari Jones optimistic CFL will return this season
Khari Jones is optimistic that the 2020 CFL season can be salvaged in some form. He doesn't even want to think about the alternative. The Montreal Alouettes head coach spoke to reporters Friday via vi...
Apr 24, 2020

Tons of sanitizer: Retailer charged with hoarding, gouging
NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors charged a New York retailer Friday with hoarding tons of disposable masks, surgical gowns and hand sanitizer in a Long Island warehouse and selling the items at huge mar...
Apr 24, 2020

Municipalities plead for emergency help to keep vital services going
OTTAWA - The voice of Canadian municipalities says communities across the country are facing a financial crisis due to COVID-19 that puts people at further risk. Federation of Canadian Municipali...
Apr 24, 2020

CFL, CFLPA at odds regarding potential suspension of operation this season
TORONTO - Brian Ramsay looked set the record straight Friday. The CFL and CFL Players' Association have halted discussions on potential contingency plans for the 2020 campaign due to the COVID-19...
Apr 24, 2020

WATCH: Premier Kenney announces actions to support economy and energy sector
Premier Jason Kenney announced Friday Alberta's Site Rehabilitation Plan, an initiative that will put 5,300 Albertans to work remediating wells, pipelines, and oil and gas sites.The program will launc...
Apr 24, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)

At least $9.7 billion in state bailouts for Air France, KLM
PARIS - The French and Dutch governments announced at least 9 billion euros ($9.7 billion) in bailout money Friday to rescue Air France and KLM, which are fighting for survival as most of their planes...
Apr 24, 2020