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Medicine Hat Transit waiving fares
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The city will be suspending transit fares indefinitely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Effective immediately, no payment will be required for both regular and special transit p...
Mar 30, 2020 CHAT News file photo

Vancouver Whitecaps unveil nine new Twitter language feeds, with more planned
Looking to embrace their multicultural home and welcome potential fans father afield, the Vancouver Whitecaps unveiled official club Twitter feeds in nine new languages Monday. The new feeds come in A...
Mar 30, 2020

Range of grocery delivery options
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta Health Services has put together some information about grocery delivery services for those who are in COVID-19 self-isolation or just want to avoid going out in public as b...
Mar 30, 2020 CHAT News File Photo

Criticism mounts against government's move to cut school funding
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Substitute teachers, educational aides and school support staff in the province have been left reeling following the announcement of funding cuts by the education minister on the we...
Mar 30, 2020 CHAT News file photo

City wants to share kids' Medicine Hat artwork
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Mayor Ted Clugston is asking kids to bring a little positivity to the rest of the city.In a video posted to the City of Medicine Hat's YouTube page, the mayor asks schoolkids to dra...
Mar 30, 2020 Screengrab from video

Donated organs not being used as hospitals scale back transplants for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Transplant centres across the country have massively scaled back organ transplants as hospitals try to make sure they are able to accommodate COVID-19 cases. Hospitals are reserving ventilato...
Mar 30, 2020

Soccer may be on hold but Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio still making his mark
TORONTO - While unable to perform on the field, Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio is still managing to leave his mark during the COVID-19 outbreak. The 27-year-old from nearby Bramp...
Mar 30, 2020

Canada's spy service moves quietly ahead with data-crunching plans: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Canada's spy agency is moving ahead with plans to collect and use databases containing personal information about Canadians. The Canadian Security Intelligence S...
Mar 30, 2020

N.S. woman describes struggles of a beloved father on a ventilator with COVID-19
The daughter of a Nova Scotia man relying on a ventilator to breathe wants Canadians to know that COVID-19 can deny loved ones the ability to hold one another in their ti...
Mar 30, 2020

Sens' Tkachuk says teammates who tested positive for COVID-19 are 'doing well'
Ottawa Senators winger Brady Tkachuk says two teammates who tested positive for COVID-19 are "doing well." Speaking on one of the NHL's video conference calls Monday, the 20-year-old adds the gro...
Mar 30, 2020