5th day of rallies in downtown Calgary calls for health measures to continue past Aug. 16
For the fifth day, a noon hour rally was held in downtown Calgary to protest upcoming changes to Alberta's COVID-19 health restrictions.
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"Given the interest in the report, the full report will be posted earlier than planned in the interest of full transparency," Shandro tweeted.
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A need for COVID-19 immunization continues, Alberta Health Services says, but the demand is slowing in some regions, prompting health officials to make some changes.
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Hundreds of Canadians marched on Parliament Hill in Ottawa and across the country Saturday in an effort to put pressure on the federal government to investigate abuse against Indigenous peoples at residential schools.
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A British Columbia vacation was abruptly halted for Dallas and Mark Rhodenizer. They were in the middle of a two week holiday when they received a text message from their Springbank neighbour saying their garage door was open.
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Manitoba is taking another step toward fully reopening as the province announced new public health orders will be coming into effect, allowing more businesses to reopen and lifting Manitoba’s mandatory mask mandate.
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U.S. Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, probe finds
An investigation found that U.S. Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed nearly a dozen women in and out of state government and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers, New York's attorney general announced Tuesday, hastening calls for the Democrat's resignation or impeachment.
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Canada couldn't add to its medal haul overnight, missing the podium on day 11 of the Tokyo Olympics in Japan.
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The first openly transgender Olympian said on Tuesday she would retire from weightlifting and felt her landmark appearance at the Tokyo Games should be fast forgotten as sport takes greater strides to be more inclusive.
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