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"It's the first positive news we've had in over a year."

HIGH RIVER, Alta. — A COVID-19 vaccination clinic for thousands of workers at a southern Alberta beef-packing plant isn't going ahead as planned due to a lack of vaccine.

The arrests, which occurred between Jan. 1 to March 31, 2021, came as the result of investigative referrals from the RCMP’s National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre.

More than a year after the body of a deceased adult male was found in northeast Rocky View County, local RCMP has released additional details about the case.

OTTAWA — Governments are looking at new limits for travel both into and within Canada, as the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to set heartbreaking records.

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off worldwide protests, violence and a furio

The new programs will, starting next week, also accept up to 20,000 applications from temporary workers in hospitals and long-term care and 30,000 in other essential jobs.

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“COVID certainly has a strong hold on us here in the valley and we have to do everything we can to shake it loose.”

Younger Canadians in several provinces are now able to get the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Starting today, those aged 40 and over in Ontario and Alberta can get the shot.