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Health officials, police warn of scams exploiting COVID-19 fears
WINNIPEG - Health officials and police are warning people about an email scam taking advantage of people worried about COVID-19 to steal money or sensitive information. Winnipeg police have sent a war...
Mar 16, 2020

Canada closes borders to most foreigners to fight spread of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada is closing its borders to most foreign nationals except Americans and is barring anyone, including Canadian citizens, with symptoms of the novel coronavirus from boarding fli...
Mar 16, 2020

COVID-19 has Canadian Blood Services worried about critical shortage
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services is seeking to reassure donors that it's safe to give blood, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Isra Levy of Canadian Blood Services says there has been a jum...
Mar 16, 2020

MLBEX awards postponed amid Coronavirus concerns
Meadow Lake's Chamber of Commerce will delay the Meadow Lake Business Excellence Awards (MLBEX) this Friday as precaution against COVID-19. Trevor Dignean, an administrator from the Chamber, told mead...
Mar 16, 2020 (submitted photo/Meadow Lake and District Chamber of Commerce Facebook Page)

7 Bay Area counties in California order shelter-in-place
LOS ANGELES - Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a shelter-in-place mandate on Monday affecting nearly 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says...
Mar 16, 2020

Noted musical trailblazer Doriot Anthony Dwyer dies at 98
BOSTON - A longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist and musical trailblazer has died, the orchestra said Monday. Doriot Anthony Dwyer was 98. Dwyer, the second woman ever to win a principal chair in...
Mar 16, 2020

Indigenous wellness coach urging communities to stay calm during pandemic
An Indigenous wellness coach is encouraging First Nations communities to breathe and stay calm during this time of uncertainty amid concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus. Andrew Bear told meadowl...
Mar 16, 2020 (Submitted/Andrew Bear)

Victoria Hospital Foundation Updates
Victoria Hospital Foundation is carrying on!With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) now declared a global pandemic, we cannot help but think of all those we know and care about around the world, includi...
Mar 16, 2020

Dekker Centre Show Cancelled
Due to the mass gathering mandate by the Government of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Health Authority and the Chief Medical Officer, Christine Tassan et les Imposteures is CANCELLED.Our Box Office team w...
Mar 16, 2020

Trudeau announces Canada to close its borders to non-citizens
Canada is closing its borders to anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says exceptions will be carved out for diplomats and people with family in the...
Mar 16, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerges from Rideau Cottage to hold a news conference in Ottawa, on Friday, March 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand