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COVID-19 in Alberta: Hospitalizations rise as 231 new infections reported

Hospitalizations have now risen for a fourth straight day as the province added more than 200 new cases for a second straight day.

'The inevitable next step': Alberta health minister defends COVID-19 policy changes

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro defended the sweeping changes his government announced the day before, saying they were "the inevitable next step" in the province's COVID-19 response.

Minister of Health Tyler Shandro, removes his made-in-Calgary mask while announcing a new agreement between Alberta Health Services and a local manufacturer to produce medical equipment, in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

'Throwing caution to the wind': Experts react to Alberta’s changing quarantine policy

After Alberta announced it would make sweeping changes to its COVID-19 response, including dropping mandatory isolation protocols, some experts from outside the province and across the border are calling it “irresponsible” and “dangerous.”

Remains located near High Level industrial park: RCMP

RCMP located “skeletal human remains” in a wooded area near High Level, Alta. on Wednesday.

Canadian women's eight crew captures rowing gold; first in event since 1992

The Canadian women's eight rowing crew has captured gold at the Tokyo Olympics.

Parents, teachers say COVID-19 will 'run rampant' in Alberta schools after pandemic policy change

Many students, parents and teachers say they're feeling abandoned by the Alberta government after another provincial change to masking and isolation rules put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Camrose RCMP investigate theft of 500-pound church bell

Mounties are investigating after a 500-pound church bell was stolen south of Edmonton earlier this month.

Man dies in police custody after break-and-enter in north Edmonton

The Edmonton Police Service is investigating an in-custody death on Wednesday.

Alta. RCMP reviewing 45-year-old cold case: The murder of Marie Goudreau

As the 45th anniversary of her death nears, police are again asking the public's help in solving the 1976 murder of Marie Judy Goudreau.

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Canadian women's eight crew captures rowing gold; first in event since 1992

The Canadian women's eight rowing crew has captured gold at the Tokyo Olympics.

Canada's Lisa Roman, Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Christine Roper, Andrea Proske, Susanne Grainger, Madison Mailey, Sydney Payne, Avalon Wasteneys and Kristen Kit compete in the women's eight rowing repechage round event during the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

'The inevitable next step': Alberta health minister defends COVID-19 policy changes

Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro defended the sweeping changes his government announced the day before, saying they were "the inevitable next step" in the province's COVID-19 response.

Ontario hits first benchmark to leave Step 3 but three more things still need to happen first

Ontario has hit the first benchmark to exit Step 3 and move toward a complete reopening, but there are already calls for a contingency plan to avoid a fourth lockdown in the fall.

COVID-19 update: B.C. adds 204 cases in highest single-day increase since June 5

The B.C. government announced 204 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, marking the biggest single-day increase in infections the province has seen since early June.

Woman's body mistaken for mannequin in Sherbrooke, Que. fire and thrown in dumpster

Police in Sherbrooke are investigating a bizarre incident in which first responders appear to have thrown a woman’s burned body in a dumpster after mistaking it for a mannequin.