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Women's Shelter Society appreciative of new federal funding
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Domestic violence shelters, including one located in Medicine Hat, will soon be receiving needed funds from the federal government to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.Tens of mill...
Apr 06, 2020 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee
Donations roll in for food bank in time of need
MEDICINE HAT, AB -The Medicine Hat & District Food Bank received two generous donations today.Lions Club of Medicine Hat donated $25-thousand.Acting president James Higgins says the food bank is o...
Apr 06, 2020 Cheque presentation to Medicine Hat Food Bank April 6, 2020
Area golf courses weighing options on opening during pandemic
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Any other year, local golfers would be gearing up for their first round of the spring at a variety of different courses.The global COVID-19 pandemic has thrown that all into questio...
Apr 06, 2020 Desert Blume Golf Club remains closed due to cold temperatures and the global pandemic (Photo courtesy of Bob Schneider)
Non-medical masks can keep people with COVID-19 from spreading it, Tam says
OTTAWA - Wearing a simple cloth mask is a way for someone who might have COVID-19 without realizing it to avoid spreading the illness to others, Canada's top public-health doctor said Monday.Dr. There...
Apr 06, 2020
Local response to COVID-19 provincial penalties
MEDICINE HAT, AB -Nearly two weeks ago, law enforcement agencies were granted full authority by the province to enforce public health orders and issue fines amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The orders inclu...
Apr 06, 2020 MHPS
'It's been really tough': Families cope with new visitation rules at long-term care facilities, hospitals
Almost daily, Judy Hill walks up to a window at Masterpiece Southland Meadows to see her husband.On the other side is Fred and a nurse holding the phone up to his ear."I love you, can you blow me a ki...
Apr 06, 2020 Judy Hill looks through the window to see her husband Fred on Monday ( Tiffany Goodwein/ CHAT News Today )
Alberta cases shoot back up, Medicine Hat now has 10 cases
After a drop on Sunday from provincial COVID-19 case counts on both sides of 100 for the four days previous, the number has risen back up to near 100.Alberta's premier announced 98 new cases of COVID-...
Apr 06, 2020
Woman scared for brother in Calgary long-term care home with COVID-19 outbreak
CALGARY - A Calgary woman says she's terrified for her brother who has a severe mental disability and is living in a long-term care home with an outbreak of COVID-19. Julie Nimmo's br...
Apr 06, 2020
Leafs' Matthews, Marner, Penguins' Marleau relive start of ageless friendship
Auston Matthews remembers returning to the Toronto Maple Leafs' hotel after dinner one night and finding something unexpected. It was a road trip early in the 2017-18 season, and when t...
Apr 06, 2020
WATCH: Hinshaw to give COVID-19 update
Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on COVID-19.
Apr 06, 2020