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Soccer may be on hold but Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio still making his mark
TORONTO - While unable to perform on the field, Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio is still managing to leave his mark during the COVID-19 outbreak. The 27-year-old from nearby Bramp...
Mar 30, 2020

Canada's spy service moves quietly ahead with data-crunching plans: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Canada's spy agency is moving ahead with plans to collect and use databases containing personal information about Canadians. The Canadian Security Intelligence S...
Mar 30, 2020

N.S. woman describes struggles of a beloved father on a ventilator with COVID-19
The daughter of a Nova Scotia man relying on a ventilator to breathe wants Canadians to know that COVID-19 can deny loved ones the ability to hold one another in their ti...
Mar 30, 2020

Sens' Tkachuk says teammates who tested positive for COVID-19 are 'doing well'
Ottawa Senators winger Brady Tkachuk says two teammates who tested positive for COVID-19 are "doing well." Speaking on one of the NHL's video conference calls Monday, the 20-year-old adds the gro...
Mar 30, 2020

Singer John Prine is in stable condition, his wife says
NEW YORK - John Prine is in stable condition after being placed on a ventilator while being treated for COVID-19-type symptoms, his wife, Fiona Whelan Prine said Monday. The singer-songwriter's family...
Mar 30, 2020

Crews battle Monday morning residential fire in Coaldale
COALDALE, AB - An early Monday (Mar 30) house fire in Coaldale caused significant damage.Coaldale's emergency Services were called out around 5:30, to a home at 1943 Parkside Close, on the east side o...
Mar 30, 2020 Fire in Coaldale on Monday, March 30 2020 (Photo courtesy - Kristyn L. White on Facebook)

Community Foundation announces $375,000 in grant funding for COVID-19 response
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Community Foundation of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta is helping the region get through the COVID-19 pandemic.The organization has announced $375,000 in grant funding to sup...
Mar 30, 2020 The Community Foundation's office in Lethbridge (Lethbridge News Now)

Alberta doctors plead against "harmful actions targeted towards our public healthcare system"
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Hundreds of doctors across the province have written to the Government of Alberta voicing their displeasure with a series of changes that are set to take place on April 1.Especially d...
Mar 30, 2020 Chinook Regional Hospital sign. (Lethbridge News Now)

Two inmates, nine employees at Quebec prison test positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Two inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at a maximum-security prison in Quebec, the first confirmed cases involving prisoners in a federal institution. The Correctional Service of ...
Mar 30, 2020

Canadian military ready to mobilize 24,000 troops for COVID-19: defence minister
OTTAWA - The crews of two Royal Canadian Navy vessels were ordered to sequester in a Halifax hotel for two weeks as the federal government announced Monday that it is ready to mobilize up to 24,000 Ca...
Mar 30, 2020