Alberta says COVID-19 indicators continue to drop in last scheduled update
In the last scheduled COVID-19 update, Health Minister Jason Copping said Alberta had a positivity rate of 12.2 last week, an improvement of 1.6 per cent.
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Elk Ridge Open canceled after heavy rains: PGA Tour Canada
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'Come together and rebuild': Saskatoon man plans fundraiser for church destroyed in suspicious fire
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Woman arrested after man assaulted, robbed of his vehicle in Toronto
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Quebec homeowners say Ottawa must address decades of erosion caused by ship traffic
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Demonstrations across Quebec protest reverse of U.S. abortion rights
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Kitchener
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'Too big an issue not to talk about': Waterloo Region reacts to overturning of Roe v. Wade
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Critically injured pedestrian found on side of Norfolk County road, airlifted to hospital
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