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One trip per week. One person per household. That should be the law for grocery buying, union says

Western Canada’s largest private-sector union is proposing that people be limited to one trip to the grocery store each week to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among customers and workers. Tom Hesse, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers 401, which represents 32,000 workers, said governments should also bring in regulations that allow only…

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Fort McMurray's Keyano College lays off 74 staff, cuts cost-of-living allowance

Keyano College plans to cut the cost of living allowance for staff next fiscal year because the provincial government hasn’t committed to providing funding for the program, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees.  At a meeting Thursday night, the board of governors decided the college has to plan for the next year without including that allowance…

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Alberta reports 239 new cases of COVID-19, but no new deaths

Alberta reported 239 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, a higher-than-usual number that Premier Jason Kenney said represented an increase in the number of tests the province is conducting. The total number of cases in the province is now 2,397, with 400 of those cases thought to have been transmitted within communities. The province conducted…

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