The local president of Edmonton chapter of Canadian Union of Postal Workers has penned a letter to Canada Post's Edmonton-area management team to call for improved safety precautions to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Post-secondary institutes in Lethbridge said they are encouraging staff and students to be proactive about the possible spread of COVID-19.

The fire happened in the village of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, N.B., on Monday evening.

Residents were told to not consume their drinking water until assessments have been made to ensure that water is safe to drink.

Unifor members are raising concerns over the safety of the Regina Co-op Refinery after hundreds of employees were locked out by their employer Federated Co-operatives Limited.

Advocates say many of the residents have no where else to go and the municipality believes it's now up the province to find them spaces.

The closure, however, does not affect food prepared for patients.

Hundreds of homes were affected by this year's spring flooding in the province and some areas are still cleaning up. 

Katerina Stein, a member of the Tea Hive Collective. says recreational drug users may be at a higher risk for overdose due to a lack of education and awareness around methods of safety.

Domenic Cugliari is testifying at a coroner's inquest into the death of Scott Johnson, a drum technician who was killed when the structure came crashing down just hours before the show was set to start on June 16, 2012. He says there were also inconsistencies that would likely have been caught if another engineer had reviewed the documents.