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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...
Mar 03, 2020 Parliament Hill - Viorel Margineanu | Dreamstime.com

Cdn university basketball championships forging new ground with joint event
OTTAWA - Canada's best university basketball players won't just be playing for pride and glory in their championship tournament in Ottawa this weekend. Organizers say they are playing a part in histor...
Mar 03, 2020

Ruiter is enjoying breakout season; future of Canadian women's skating is bright
The future of Canadian women's figure skating wasn't in the senior field at the Canadian championships in January. Kaiya Ruiter was already on a flight home to Calgary with a junior gold medal in her ...
Mar 03, 2020

Here's what happens to the votes for candidates who drop out
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The abrupt departures of Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar from the Democratic presidential race on the eve of Super Tuesday primaries could be frustrating for the millions of people w...
Mar 03, 2020

Visa issues finally resolved, Chase Stanley rejoins the Wolfpack in England
TORONTO - New Zealand international Chase Stanley is back with the Toronto Wolfpack after missing the first five games of the season due to visa issues. The Australian-born back, who had bee...
Mar 03, 2020

UN agency: Iran nearly triples stockpile of enriched uranium
VIENNA - Iran has nearly tripled its stockpile of enriched uranium since November in violation of its deal with world powers and is refusing to answer questions about three possible undeclared nuclear...
Mar 03, 2020