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Canada to help world's poor cope with COVID-19, amid UN appeal: aid minister
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada will spend millions to help the world's most desperate people fight COVID-19 because it is in the country's long-ter...
Mar 25, 2020

Patients bumped by COVID face anxiety, as health system searches for alternatives
HALIFAX - For Canadians awaiting life-changing operations, the novel coronavirus is creating deepening distress as cancellations and delays roll through the public health system. Fifteen-year-old...
Mar 25, 2020

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on March 25, 2020: There are 2780 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. - Quebec: 1013 confirmed (including 4...
Mar 25, 2020

Gunmen attack Sikh religious gathering in Kabul, killing 4
KABUL - Gunmen stormed a religious gathering of Afghanistan's minority Sikhs in their place of worship in the heart of Kabul's old city on Wednesday, killing at least four people, a Sikh lawmaker said...
Mar 24, 2020

Reporting from quarantine I’m Tiffany Goodwein
I didn't think I'd be here. I don't think anybody did. I'm in self isolation.Let me be clear, I don't have COVID-19., but like many I'm self isolating to protect others. It all started after a really ...
Mar 24, 2020 Working from home (Tiffany Goodwein/ CHAT News Today)

Asian shares jump after Dow sees biggest gain since 1933
BANGKOK - Shares advanced in Asia on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to its best day since 1933 as Congress and the White House neared a deal on injecting nearly $2 trillion of...
Mar 24, 2020

Local shuttle service continues with reduced trips during pandemic
MEDICINE HAT, AB - We know travel plans have been heavily impacted due to COVID-19 cancellations, whether it's domestic or international.Here in Medicine Hat, the Prairie Sprinter shuttle service to C...
Mar 24, 2020 Photo courtesy Prairie Sprinter's Twitter account

Pet adoptions continue during COVID-19 precautions
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The response of COVID-19 precautionary measures is impacting people and pets in ways we might have not considered.Alberta Pound and Rescue Centre's (APARC) Volunteer Operations Supe...
Mar 24, 2020 Photo courtesy APARC Facebook page

Canada Post reduces hours, enacts 'knock, drop and go' procedure
OTTAWA, ONT - Canada Post is making some changes to how they do mail as the country continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Announced earlier this week, Canada Post is reducing hours one hour...
Mar 24, 2020

WestJet announces layoffs for nearly 50% of staff due to COVID-19, Air Canada reduces pilots
WestJet Airlines says roughly half of its 14,000 employees will leave the company - some temporarily - due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 6,900 departures comprise early retirements, resignations and bo...
Mar 24, 2020 CHAT News file photo