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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, March 29, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday March 29, 2021. There are 971,715 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 971,715 confirmed cases (45,208 active, 903,6...
Mar 29, 2021
Czech billionaire among 5 killed in Alaska helicopter crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A helicopter carrying guides and guests on a heli-skiing excursion north of Anchorage slammed into a mountain and then rolled downhill hundreds of feet, killing the pilot and four ...
Mar 29, 2021
Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey
EDMONTON - Alberta is asking a five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the group is to report to her ...
Mar 29, 2021
Pandemic, and the CFL uncertainty it has created, prompts Tracy to call it a career
Adrian Tracy says he's leaving football on his own terms, but the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic helped his decision. The veteran CFL defensive lineman said Monday he's retiring after 10...
Mar 29, 2021
Canadian men set scoring record, crushing Cayman Islands 11-0 in World Cup qualifier
BRADENTON, Fla. - Substitute Lucas Cavallini scored a second-half hat trick as a young Canada side ran up a record goal total Monday, crushing the Cayman Islands 11-0 in World Cup qualifying play. The...
Mar 29, 2021
Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description o...
Mar 29, 2021
U.S. case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou breaks international law: defence
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou says the United States is violating international law by bringing fraud charges against her that have no connection to the country.Gib van Ert to...
Mar 29, 2021
Winter storm results in closed roads
Several highways in Northwest Saskatchewan are currently closed.Following ice and blowing snow brought on by a winter storm Monday, most roads in areas like the Battlefords have been flagged as closed...
Mar 29, 2021
Two Kilns destroyed in NorSask mill fire; no reported injuries
A fire at the NorSask Forest Productions mill on Saturday morning has resulted in the loss of two lumber-drying kilns.On March 27, the Meadow Lake Fire Department was alerted to a blaze at the mill ne...
Mar 29, 2021
Restrictions imposed to curb COVID-19 in B.C. as new cases strain the system
VICTORIA - British Columbia has taken a step backwards in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the province to impose circuit breaker measures for the next three weeks to slow the rapid sp...
Mar 29, 2021