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Approximately 60 per cent of all COVID-19 cases identified through PCR testing in the province are the Omicron variant BA.2, Dr. Deena Hinshaw said Wednesday. However there is no evidence that it causes more severe outcomes, despite a higher transmission rate.

“It was one of the most intense games I’ve ever played in. The stands were going crazy. Everybody was losing their mind,” team captain Carter Turcott said.

The union, which represents 29,000 health-care workers across the province, is hoping to show how underappreciated health-care workers are right now.

The Russian Federation "black listed" 313 Canadian citizens, including almost all MPs, on the same day that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a virtual speech in the House of Commons in Ottawa.

Approximately 30 members representing Canada's First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities will hold a series of meetings with Pope Francis in the Vatican from March 28 to April 1.

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Taste of Ukraine's fundraiser, Perogies in the Parking Lot, raises $40,600

“I wasn't surprised. I think that there needed to be a degree of consultation before such an announcement was made, and it didn’t seem as robust as it should be,” said University of Alberta Criminology professor Temitope Oriola.

Basketball teams bounce through zones with a trio of wins

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