Global News at 5 Calgary: April 2
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Coronavirus: Dispute in Calgary Walmart ends with call to police
After a tense situation at a southeast Walmart, a Calgary man is asking stores to adapt to the changing needs of the community amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Justin Frick said …
List of seniors’ homes at centre of B.C.’s coronavirus outbreak
Seniors are one of the most vulnerable groups under the novel coronavirus pandemic, and in British Columbia, they have been at the epicentre. According to the BC Centre for Disease …
Hospital staff set up Vancouver Convention Centre in case COVID-19 worsens
Vancouver Coastal Health and the Red Cross are setting up parts of the city’s main convention centre as a mobile medical unit in case of a rapid increase in COVID-19 …
‘There’s never been such a demand’: Central Okanagan Food Bank’s urgent appeal for help
With layoffs and wage losses, the number of Okanagan residents struggling to make ends meet has grown significantly. And perhaps nowhere is that reality more evident than at the Central …
Prisoner advocates outline 4 steps Sask. should take to reduce the spread of COVID-19
SASKATOON — The John Howard Society of Saskatchewan is urging to province to quickly implement measures to reduce the further spread of COVID-19 in prisons. Following news about a fifth …
‘Spiritual awakening:’ Drunk driver who killed Saskatchewan family gets parole
MAPLE CREEK — A Saskatchewan woman who drove drunk and killed a family of four in a highway crash has been granted day parole. Catherine McKay was serving a prison …
She handled tickets and cash at a snowmobile rally supper. Then she tested positive for COVID-19
PRINCE ALBERT — On March 14, days before the province would ban gatherings of its size, Marg Clair was pitching in at the Lakeland Snowmobile Club Wilderness Rally Supper in …
35 patients, five doctors test positive for COVID-19 at Verdun General Hospital
MONTREAL — Verdun General Hospital is facing a major COVID-19 outbreak, with 35 patients and five doctors testing positive for the virus as of Thursday afternoon. “For now, morale is …
Funding continues for special needs children and food programs in Alberta, Kenney says
CALGARY — When all of Alberta’s K-12 schools shut down as a measure to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus, hundreds of families whose children receive provincial funding for …