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Regulator to clarify whether wireless providers must offer paper bills
OTTAWA - Canada's telecom regulator is set to rule this week on whether mobile service providers should be compelled to offer some or all of their customers paper invoices, at no charge. Two advocacy ...
Mar 03, 2020

Feds short hundreds of million in repair, maintenance of defence infrastructure
OTTAWA - The federal government has been chronically underspending on the repair and maintenance of Canada's defence infrastructure for years, leaving officials to play catch-up on maintaining&nb...
Mar 03, 2020

Disinfecting transit and Super Tuesday in the U.S.; In The News for March 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 3 ... What...
Mar 03, 2020

Council hears proposed looping project to meet increased natural gas demand
MEDICINE HAT, AB - TC Energy officials presented what they say is a very early discussion of a Medicine Hat Looping Project 2023.City council heard more about the proposed project at their meeting Mon...
Mar 02, 2020 Proposed project overview - Medicine Hat Looping Project 2023 overview (photo courtesy TC Energy via City Council March 2, 2020 meeting agenda)

B.C. eyes on coronavirus in Wash., state after deaths; premier, governor speak
VICTORIA - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says British Columbia is monitoring the deaths of six people from novel coronavirus in Washington state and there is no evidence of widesprea...
Mar 02, 2020

Medicine Hat College facing $540,000 in cuts
MEDICINE HAT - Medicine Hat College is one of many post secondary institutions around the province that are feeling the pinch of the provincial cut to education.The cuts made by the United Conservativ...
Mar 02, 2020 Medicine Hat College

Province dropping early childhood education accreditation
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The province is officially ending its early childhood education accreditation in Alberta next month, CHAT News has confirmed.The decision, first reported in the Edmonton Journal, wi...
Mar 02, 2020 A daycare in Medicine Hat is pictured in an undated photo

Jurors support group hopeful for federal funding to offer mental-health support
TORONTO - A jurors advocate says he's thrilled that a House of Commons committee is recommending $20 million over the next 10 years to support the mental health of those who have served on j...
Mar 02, 2020

Advice to stockpile supplies can cause undue concern over COVID-19: Tory MP
OTTAWA - Last week federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu warned people should consider stockpiling food and medicine in case of a potential outbreak of the new coronavirus - despite the relatively low r...
Mar 02, 2020

Canada boosts border screening for travellers from Iran due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government has increased border-screening measures for travellers arriving in Canada from Iran in light of the growing number of novel coronavirus cases linked to that countr...
Mar 02, 2020