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Tensions rise as U.S. death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
SEATTLE - Tensions over how to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the government's abi...
Mar 03, 2020

Political programming dominates the week in television
NEW YORK - For the second straight week, politics was the dominant force in prime-time television. CBS News' coverage of the Democratic presidential debate from South Carolina last week was easily the...
Mar 03, 2020

Police: 3 die in plane crash on I-55 in central Illinois
LINCOLN, Ill. - Three people died Tuesday morning when a small plane crashed and burst into flames on Interstate 55 in central Illinois, state police said. Mindy Carroll of the Illinois State Police s...
Mar 03, 2020

New Veterans Affairs office aimed at advancing gender equality
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Canada is opening a new office intended to better serve women and those with specific needs stemming from their sexual orientation or gender identity. The office is aime...
Mar 03, 2020

B.C. asks travellers from Iran, China to self-isolate after ninth COVID-19 case
VICTORIA - British Columbia is asking travellers from China and Iran to isolate themselves for 14 days when they return home to Canada after confirming a ninth case of COVID-19. Dr. Bonnie Henry,...
Mar 03, 2020

Medicine Hat businesses feeling economic effects of rail blockades, COVID-19
They're two issues plaguing much of the country. Rail blockades in protest of the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline and fears of COVID-19.Both bringing delays at the ports, leaving the Canadian economy and bus...
Mar 03, 2020 (file photo/ CHAT NEWS Today )

Former PM Jean Chretien scoffs at the notion Canada's unity is under threat
OTTAWA - Former Prime Minister Jean Chretien scoffs at the notion that Canada's national unity is threatened by Indigenous protests and western alienation, as the country has managed to survive a...
Mar 03, 2020

B.C. to improve paid leave for workers affected by domestic and sexual violence
VICTORIA - Workers affected by domestic or sexual violence would be eligible for up to five days a year of paid leave under legislation introduced today by the B.C. government. The legislation would a...
Mar 03, 2020

Ceremony to mark 15 years since Mayerthorpe Tragedy
EDMONTON- Today marks the 15th anniversary of the murders of four RCMP officers on a farm north of Rochfort Bridge near the town of Mayerthorpe.Constables Peter Schiemann, Brock Myrol, and Leo Johnsto...
Mar 03, 2020 Fallen Four Memorial (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Alberta politician says Canadians detained in Ethiopia released on bail
EDMONTON - An Alberta MP says 13 Canadians who were detained in Ethiopia have received bail. Heather McPherson, the NDP's international development critic and a former executive director of the Albert...
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