Nova Scotia extends school closures until at least May long weekend
The province says the decision to keep students at home will be reassessed leading up to Victoria Day.
The province says the decision to keep students at home will be reassessed leading up to Victoria Day.
Ten family doctors will keep delivering care and babies in the Lac La Biche hospital, but nine doctors in Pincher Creek say they are moving ahead with a plan to withdraw hospital services in 90 days
The restaurant chain, which prides itself on using only Canadian beef, says in a statement that its change in policy is due to limited processing capacity at Canadian suppliers.
Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon and Alberta Emergency Management Agency managing director Shane Schreiber explain what extra precautions are being taken amid the COVID-19 pandemic, such as putting evacuees up in hotels and work camps instead of in evacuation centres at halls and arenas.
Mackenzie County reeve Josh Knelson addressed how northwestern Alberta communities step up for each other, first in the summer of 2019 with the Chuckegg Creek wildfire and now with the Peace River ice jam flooding.
Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon said a long, snowy winter followed by a rapid spring melt triggered one in 100 year flooding across northern Alberta and there isn’t much that can be done to prevent it.
Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon details the steps being taken to help the northern communities affected by flooding – such as sand bagging and protecting critical infrastructure – and detailed supports for evacuees. He said at this point, no help from the federal government or military is needed.
Alberta Environment river forecaster Colleen Walford explained what is happening on the Clearwater, Athabasca and Peace Rivers to cause the ice jams and subsequent flooding in northern Alberta communities. She also forecasted what could happen in the days to come.
Mackenzie County reeve Josh Knelson updated the flooding situation affecting Fort Vermilion and La Crete in northwestern Alberta, where a 40-kilometre long ice jam has formed on the Peace River. Knelson said the last flood of this magnitude was in 1934.
Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo mayor Don Scott provided an update over the phone on the flooding caused by ice jam on the Athabasca river, calling it a “one in 100 year flood.” He also addressed why calling in the military won’t help.
The Quebec government is expected to lay out the details of its plan to gradually relaunch the economy on Tuesday.
Despite the pandemic, Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson says the work will continue.
Food Banks Canada directly supports 700 food banks and indirectly supports 2,300 others across Canada.
Hamilton police are appealing for information on suspects and a suspect vehicle involved in the death of 42-year-old Giorgio Barresi.
Trump made the comments Monday in a call with governors discussing how to reopen their economies amid COVID-19, among other topics.
Restaurants Canada say margins are typically less than five per cent at the best of times and delivery platforms can take up to 30 per cent commission.
Québec Solidaire co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois told 'Global News Morning' that pay supplements offered to essential workers are a good start but need to go further.
The fire reportedly first broke out on the terrace of a fifth-floor apartment in a Montreal apartment building, located on Doctor Penfield and Atwater avenues.
The federal government has committed tens of millions of dollars to help find or create a vaccine for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Around 400,000 people returned to work after officials shifted the country's alert level down a notch, loosening some of the tough movement restrictions that shut down businesses for weeks.
Two men were arguing in a back alley when one of them pulled out a firearm and shot the other in the leg, possibly breaking his femur, police said.
The Edmonton Marathon is the latest event in Alberta's capital to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Alberta Health Services said it is sending help to Millrise Seniors Village in Calgary to support the facility during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gathering intelligence on perhaps the world’s most secretive, suspicious and difficult-to-read country is incredibly difficult.
The people on the front lines of a collective unprecedented fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak all too often remain faceless and nameless.