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Chiefs concerned about mental health impacts of COVID-19 in their First Nations
OTTAWA - A few months before the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada, the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon Lake, Sask. was already raising the alarm over suicides in the community...
May 03, 2020
Rapid test for COVID-19 recalled after Health Canada expresses concerns
OTTAWA - A rapid test developed for COVID-19 has experienced a setback. Ottawa's Spartan Bioscience says it is voluntarily recalling its COVID-19 product and performing additional studies after Health...
May 03, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:53 a.m. ET on May 3, 2020: There are 57,148 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 29,656 confirmed...
May 03, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:40 a.m. The federal government is investing millions to boost online access to health services and to support a Vancou...
May 03, 2020
Venezuela says it foiled attack by boat on main port city
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan officials said they foiled an early morning attempt by a group of armed men to invade the country by boat on Sunday, killing eight attackers and arresting two more. Soc...
May 03, 2020
Northern village of Beauval adapting to COVID-19 outbreak
People in Beauval are doing their best to keep spirits high after the Saskatchewan Health Authority declared a COVID-19 outbreak in the northern village on Friday.Mayor Nick Daigneault said the stress...
May 03, 2020 Beauval is increasing its efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after the Saskatchewan Health Authority declared an outbreak in the town on May 1, 2020. (planningforgrowthnorthsk.com)
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
TOPEKA, Kan. - Joe Biden has overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas that the state party conducted exclusively by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic. The former vice-pres...
May 03, 2020
Alberta parks partnership rules to be released, critics call for consultation
EDMONTON - Albertans are expected to learn Monday how they can take up to 164 provincial parks and recreation sites off the hands of a government that no longer wants them. The decision, announced in ...
May 03, 2020
Security guards in high demand, face more stress on job during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred an enormous demand for security guards, whose job descriptions have been expanded to include temperature checks, grocery store crowd control and - in at least one cas...
May 03, 2020
Local groups secure Cameco COVID-19 relief funding
Food and craft supplies will be among the purchases of two key Prince Albert social service agencies after they secured some of the million dollars in funding from the newly created Cameco COVID-19 Re...
May 03, 2020 (YWCA/Facebook)