COVID-19 Coronavirus

Provinces tighten freedoms, police get help from citizens in fight against COVID-19

MONTREAL - Police forces in Canada are getting extra powers, more flexibility and even help from citizens reporting on one another as governments seek to enforce decrees aimed at stoppi...

Mar 24, 2020

One in five Canadians think COVID-19 pandemic blown out of proportion: Poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests one in five Canadians weren't taking the deadly COVID-19 pandemic seriously as recently as last weekend.In a Leger poll conducted between Friday and Sunday, 16 per cent of...

Mar 24, 2020

Parliament to debate emergency spending and government powers in COVID-19 fight

OTTAWA - The House of Commons sits today to deal with an emergency bill to spend billions of dollars to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and cushion some of its economic harms. The opposition parties have ...

Mar 24, 2020

Thailand decrees state of emergency to control coronavirus

BANGKOK - Thailand's prime minister says his government has agreed to declare a state of emergency to implement stricter measures to control the coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ...

Mar 24, 2020

Tories won't give feds unilateral powers to spend, borrow, tax during health crisis

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says his party will not give the Trudeau government "a blank cheque" to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis. While Conservatives are prepared to ...

Mar 23, 2020

MacKay calls for Conservative leadership vote to be held as soon as possible

OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay says an election for party leader should be held as soon as logistically possible. MacKay, a former cabinet minister and early front-runner in t...

Mar 23, 2020

Florida governor orders New York travellers to quarantine

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday he is issuing an executive order mandating that anyone arriving on a flight from New York City and the surrounding area submit to self-quarant...

Mar 23, 2020

Just one new case of COVID 19 in South Zone

EDMONTON, AB. -- The number of COVID-19 cases in Alberta has reached 301 after an additional 42 new cases were announced on Monday (Mar 23). Only one new case was added in the South Zone, that being i...

Mar 23, 2020 Dr. Deena Hinshaw -- The Gov't of Alberta

Premier Kenney: 'special place in hell' for hoarders, scammers during pandemic'

EDMONTON, AB. -- Jason Kenney pulled no punches during a news conference Monday (Mar 23) afternoon that covered everything from hoarding and those ignoring Alberta Health's self-isolation mandate, to ...

Mar 23, 2020 Premier Jason Kenney - The Canadian Press

2020 Lethbridge Air Show Cancelled

LETHBRIDGE, AB - Organizers of the Lethbridge International Air Show have made the difficult decision to cancel this year's event.It was scheduled for the Heritage Day long weekend in early August aft...

Mar 23, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)