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Kenney offers support to Fort McMurray as floods chase people from downtown

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he toured the damage caused by flooding in Fort McMurray and the province is ready to help.He and Environment Minister Jason Nixon went to northern Alberta on Monday afternoon.The city's entire d...

Lorry driver on sanitisation mission against COVID-19

A lorry driver here has been voluntarily doing sanitisation work by spraying sodium hypochlorite liquid on roads and vehicles passing by since March 26. Raveendra Reddy from Gannavaram village in Krishna district believes that act...

Canada: 48,500 COVID-19 cases and 2,707 deaths

There are 48,500 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 24,982 confirmed (including 1,599 deaths, 5,517 resolved) Ontario: 14,856 confirmed (including 892 deaths, 8,525 resolved) Alberta: 4,696 confirmed (including 75...

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Crash near Merritt, has left a baby boy dead and his parents injured

A single vehicle crash near Merritt, B.C. has left a baby boy dead and his parents injured. RCMP say the crash happened on Highway 97C near Loon Lake Road on Saturday. Investigators say the sport utility vehicle with the family o...

Quick rise of positive COVID-19 cases at poultry processing plant in Coquitlam

25 people have now tested positive for COVID-19 following an outbreak at a poultry processing plant in Coquitlam. Fraser Health ordered Superiors Poultry Processors to close on Friday and began screening all employees after two w...

Dr. Bonnie Henry says rate of transmission has slowed and it's getting closer to the time to start easing restrictions

B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there's clear evidence that measures being taken to fight the spread of COVID-19 are working. Over the past two days, 50 people have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringi...

Federal officials warning Canadians recovered from COVID-19 against thinking they may be immune to the respiratory illness

Federal officials are warning Canadians who have recovered from COVID-19 against thinking they may be immune to the respiratory illness. While there has been talk in some countries of doling out ``immunity passports'' to those wh...

COVID-19: 198 residents and 95 staff reported positive in 10 licensed and unlicensed seniors' facilities in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is reporting 27 new cases of COVID-19, pushing the number of confirmed cases to 900. Health officials say 12 people are currently in hospital with three of those patients in intensive care. A total of 24 people have d...

424 new COVID-19 cases, 57 new deaths reported in Ontario

Ontario is reporting 424 new COVID-19 cases, and 57 new deaths. That brings the total of cases in the province to 14,856, a 2.9 per cent increase over Sunday's total, continuing several days of lowering growth rates. Ontario's to...