Alberta's first COVID death — five years ago today: From the archives

In 1229 , Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II — a reluctant participant in the sixth crusade — crowned himself king at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher .

In 1825 , the Hudson’s Bay Company established Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River , near the present Portland , Ore. In 1831 , the first American bank robbery took place in New York City .

In 2011 , the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated visiting Toronto FC 4 -2 in their first game in Major League Soccer .

In 2012 , a gunman on a motorbike opened fire in front of a Jewish school in Toulouse , France , killing a rabbi and his two young sons.

In 2018 , Uber said it was suspending all of its self-driving vehicle testing, including operations in Toronto , after the first fatal pedestrian crash involving a fully autonomous test vehicle.

Spavor and Michael Kovrig had been jailed there since December 2018 in what Canada believes was apparent retaliation for the arrest days earlier in Vancouver of Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou .

In 2021 , Canadian researchers warned they have clear evidence linking COVID-19 to increased risk of preterm birth, low birth weight and stillbirth.