First Nations family had common viruses

Alberta Health Services says all of the people admitted to hospital from a First Nation west of Calgary where a baby girl died had a variety of common respiratory viruses.

The agency did not comment on the cause of the four-month-old child’s death. AHS says there is no risk to the people who were sent to hospital or to the general public.

RCMP were still investigating the girl’s death. Police and paramedics were called Wednesday to check on a child in medical distress on the Wesley First Nation, one of three reserves that make up the Stoney Nakoda First Nation.

Ten children and four adults were taken to hospital from one home.

Firm tied to Facebook got $100K from feds

OTTAWA — The Canadian company at the heart of the international scandal over the unauthorized use of Facebook information received $100,000 in federal funding last year to develop data-driven tools for political campaigns, The Canadian Press has learned.

AggregateIQ Data Services Ltd. received the one-time contribution from the National Research Council for a project aimed at developing digital tools to predict who would turn out to vote and the likelihood of supporting a specific candidate, and to predict the outcome of a campaign’s communications strategy.

Countries scrambling to conclude NAFTA

WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland hinted Friday the three NAFTA countries could be close to some sort of deal.

Freeland dropped the hint midway through a day-long meeting in Washington with her U.S. and Mexican counterparts aimed at determining whether it’s possible to reach an interim agreement within days, before political deadlines.

“We have entered…a new, more intensive stage of engagement,” Freeland said.

— The Canadian Press