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RCMP seeking accommodations for officers testifying at N.S. mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - The RCMP say the commission of inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia would be violating its own rules if Mounties who have endured trauma were called to testify without some for...
May 19, 2022
Sale pending on Aurora Sun facility in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Invest Medicine Hat is encouraged by the news there may soon be a new owner of the Aurora Sun facility in Brier Park.In a statement to CHAT News, Erik Van Enk, the managing director...
May 19, 2022
New Athletics Canada CEO Mat Gentes says priority is to develop sport at grassroots
Growing track and field at the grassroots level, and finding the funds to do so, are at the top of Mat Gentes' priority list. The longtime employee of Athletics Canada was named its chief executive of...
May 19, 2022
CPL champion Pacific FC keeps rolling under coach James Merriman
Defending CPL champion Pacific FC has not missed a beat this season, despite the departure of head coach Pa-Modou Kah and several key players after last year's successful title run. James Merriman, el...
May 19, 2022
Oklahoma approves the nation's most restrictive abortion ban
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's Legislature gave final approval Thursday to another Texas-style anti-abortion bill that providers say will be the most restrictive in the nation once the governor signs...
May 19, 2022
Quebec coroner says many people share blame for high death toll in COVID first wave
MONTREAL - Quebec's coroner says there is plenty of blame to go around for the deaths of 47 residents of a private Montreal-area long-term care home during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cor...
May 19, 2022
Over first quarter of season, Jays' strong pitching has made up for middling offence
TORONTO - Several one-run victories by the Toronto Blue Jays in April have helped offset a May slide that has left the team hovering near the .500 mark as the 40-game post arrives this weekend. Strong...
May 19, 2022
Barnes says he's prepared to rejoin UCP caucus
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes says he is interested in rejoining the United Conservative Party caucus.In a statement, Barnes, who has been sitting as an Independent, calls to...
May 19, 2022
Danielle Smith says she will run for UCP leadership
Danielle Smith wants to lead the United Conservative Party into the next election.One day after Jason Kenney announced he will be stepping down as leader of the UCP and premier, Smith says she will ru...
May 19, 2022
Illinois man convicted of giving son rifle he used to kill 4
PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man faces up to three years in prison after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used to shoot and kill four people in 2018 at a W...
May 19, 2022