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Alberta premier to release details on post-COVID economic recovery plan
CALGARY - Albertans are expecting to receive more details today on the government's plan to recharge the economy once COVID-19 is under control in the province. Premier Jason...
Apr 08, 2020
Taber man charged after licking products in store as part of 'COVID Challenge'
TABER, Alta. - A man from southern Alberta has been charged with mischief after police say he participated in an online prank related to the COVID-19 pandemic.Police in Taber say the man allegedly tam...
Apr 08, 2020
How to try to avoid cross contamination – advice from RUH’s head of clinical microbiology
What COVID-19 has taught everybody is that the virus is invisible - you can't see it - but it can be present in an individual or on a surface, and your hands can be the vector which transmits it, and ...
Apr 08, 2020 Masks and gloves available to the public. Lara Fominoff/CKOM
Germany rugby sevens project on hold for former Canada coach Damian McGrath
After leading Samoa and Canada to rare tournament wins on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, coach Damian McGrath now faces the challenge of getting Germany's part-time players promoted to the top-ti...
Apr 08, 2020
First troops return from Ukraine, in quarantine at Ontario military base
OTTAWA - More than 100 Canadian soldiers have returned home from Ukraine and are in quarantine at an Ontario military base for the next two weeks to ensure they do not have COVID-19. The troops arrive...
Apr 08, 2020
SaskCyberParks: Get Outdoors!
Create your own Nature Journal to help you explore your backyard or your neighborhood! Grab some scrap paper and use the example shown here to draw your own Nature Data Sheet.Next, explore your backya...
Apr 08, 2020
Now You Have Time To Create Entries for the Melfort Fair
HEY are you looking for something to do while you are at home?? We've got a great idea for you. Every year at fair time I hear from parents that they wished they would have put together more school st...
Apr 08, 2020
Buy From Local Farmers Delivering to City
Easter is just about here and it will certainly be different from last year. Fortunately, we can still gather family together electronically and enjoy all the baking we have had time to do. The Prince...
Apr 08, 2020
Hockey equipment manufacturer CCM and its players donate half a million masks
MONTREAL - CCM has joined the list of hockey equipment manufacturers contributing supplies to front-line health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montreal company and its player end...
Apr 08, 2020
Wall Street climbs as volatility keeps squeezing markets
NEW YORK - Stocks are climbing again on Wall Street Wednesday. Maybe this time it will last. The S&P 500 was up more than 2% in midday trading, a day after an even bigger gain suddenly vanished in...
Apr 08, 2020