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Emergency doctors urged to avoid drugs used to ventilate COVID-19 patients
OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians is calling on its doctors to protect the limited supply of certain sedatives and painkillers needed for patients on ventilators. Putting a pat...
Apr 15, 2020
Bill Peters moves to Russia in 1st job since leaving Calgary
MOSCOW - Bill Peters made a return to professional hockey on Wednesday when he was appointed coach of Russian hockey club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg. Peters resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames las...
Apr 15, 2020
Local business makes mask comfort device with proceeds to help animal rescue groups
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile disc jockey companies have taken a large financial scratch, losing a lot of scheduled bookings. The owners of Enspired Entertainment are doing their best, ...
Apr 15, 2020 (Facebook/Enspired Entertainment)
Canada's emissions count jumped 15 million tonnes in 2018, report shows
OTTAWA - A new federal report on Canada's greenhouse-gas emissions shows they soared 15 million tonnes in 2018. Most countries file their accountings for emissions with the United Nations every April ...
Apr 15, 2020
Cameco commits $1 million for COVID-19 relief
Cameco has made a financial commitment to help out Saskatoon, Prince Albert, and northern communities with a $1 million COVID Relief Fund.Grants will be made available to charities, not for profits, t...
Apr 15, 2020 (file photo)
StatsCan to release GDP figures and Trump halts WHO funding; In The News for April 15
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 15 ... COV...
Apr 15, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7 a.m. Emergency room doctors are calling for health officials to ensure there are enough supplies of medical seda...
Apr 15, 2020
Alberta golf industry lobbies to open courses amid COVID-19 pandemic
CALGARY - Some golf courses in British Columbia are open or about to open and Alberta golf clubs want to do the same despite the reluctance of provincial health officials to give the gr...
Apr 15, 2020
Limited data on ventilator use for COVID-19 patients: respiratory therapist
Vicki Kap's family thought she had a cold but less than two days after arriving in hospital she was placed on a ventilator and died of COVID-19. Her daughter, Jody Brouwer, said Kap, 75...
Apr 15, 2020
A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID 19
COVID-19 has sickened thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed hundreds. Here are the stories of some of those who have lost their lives: Vicki Kap SARNIA, Ont. - Vicki Kap was known for ...
Apr 15, 2020
