Новости за 28.11.2020

With more people shopping online during the pandemic, scammers are looking to take advantage.

With more people shopping online during the pandemic, merchandise scams are also on the rise. Sarah Ryan spoke to one woman who says she got less than she was expecting for when she made a Christmas purchase.

A study looking at 646 wildlife deaths on railway tracks in Banff and Yoho national parks in Alberta and British Columbia has found that train speed was one of the biggest factors.

"We're not going to strap people down to force them to be injected with a vaccine. I think the very idea is ridiculous," Premier Jason Kenney said.

The crash happened Friday around 2:30 p.m. on Highway 42 east of Range Road 275, when a westbound grain truck and a southbound semi-tractor trailer unit collided.

The company says it plans to complete COVID-19 rapid testing on-site and will be delaying startup operations on Monday.

'Locally, there are 566 new cases in Toronto, 516 in Peel, 145 in York Region, 105 in Waterloo and 102 in Hamilton,' Health Minister Christine Elliott said.

Pope Francis is preparing to formally elevate 13 new cardinals, including the first African-American to receive the rank, in a ceremony marked in every way by the coronavirus pandemic.

Fredericton police, the Fredericton Fire Department and Ambulance New Brunswick responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash on Route 105 at approximately 3:55 p.m. Friday.

Police say Van Chanh Tran was last seen by friends in the Osborne Village area on the evening of Nov. 24 and are hoping for tips from the public to locate him.

New research suggests a bump in the number of fathers who planned to take time off with a new baby under a nascent national leave program could be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a policy document, the Biden campaign said Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence ``have given hate against LGBTQ+ individuals safe harbour and rolled back critical protections.''

Const. Marc Hovingh died last Thursday in a shooting that also left a civilian dead in Gore Bay, Ont., on Manitoulin Island.

U.S. President Donald Trump has miscast or exaggerated the military's role in the crash program to accelerate the development, production and eventual distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

Dozens of rallies are taking place against the controversial bill, which was approved by the lower house of Parliament this week but still awaits a green light from the Senate.

Those pushing for its closure now see a window of opportunity, hoping Biden's administration will find a way to prosecute those who can be prosecuted and release the rest.

Political leaders have clamped down with increasingly aggressive measures to curtail the spread of the virus, which has reached unseen levels.

Premier Jason Kenney is calling for the Alberta’s R value to fall below one before restrictions are eased. A developmental biologist and epidemiologist explain what that means.

Here’s Phil Darlington’s Friday, November 27, 2020 evening weather forecast for Edmonton, Alberta and the surrounding area.

New COVID-19 restrictions at stores and businesses in Edmonton took effect just in time for black Friday, but as Chris Chacon reports the shopping tradition looks a lot different this year.

The City of Edmonton announced additional covid-19 measures at the municipal level on Friday, trying to do its part to slow the spread of COVID-19. Vinesh Pratap reports.

Alberta is giving 700 more peace officers the power to enforce COVID-19 restrictions as hospitalizations for the virus continue to climb in the province. Julia Wong has the details from Friday’s Alberta Health update with Dr. Deena Hinshaw and Justice Minister Kaycee Madu.

A Calgary nurse's honest and compassionate message to essential workers -- as well as internet trolls -- has gone viral.

Several Edmonton restaurants have closed or scaled down to take-out only, going above and beyond Alberta government requirements to prevent COVID-19 spread. Sarah Komadina spoke with independent restaurant Northern Chicken and a local mosque about the move.

The outbreak at Joseph Brant Hospital, declared on Nov. 18, has now spread to a total of four health-care workers and six patients, two of whom have died.