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Food bank turns to hamper delivery amid COVID-19
MEDICINE HAT, AB.- The Medicine Hat Food Bank has put heightened measures in place in order to safely provide help to the city's most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. The food bank has moved t...
Mar 17, 2020 The Medicine Hat Food Bank has switched to a hamper delivery system to help the city's most vulnerable during COVID-19

Day home demand in Medicine Hat increases following government closure of child care facilities
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Reaction has come swiftly this week to all of the government's announcements.Parents and organizations continue to struggle as all licensed child care, out-of-school care programs, ...
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Med Hat Quaran-team aims to provide support to those in self-isolation
MEDICINE HAT - It all started after Dawn Olson and her husband got home from a trip to the U.S on Sunday and were told to self isolate for 14 days."I got all these messages from all these friends sayi...
Mar 17, 2020 Dawn Olson of Med Hat Quaran-Team speaks to CHAT News Today via Skype because she is in self-isolation (Tiffany Goodwein/ CHAT News Today)

Chamber of commerce providing links for continuity planning for small businesses
MEDICINE HAT - The president of the Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce is advising small businesses to establish a continuity plan in light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.A continuity plan, "all...
Mar 17, 2020 Medicine Hat and District Chamber of Commerce President Tracy Noullett

Trainer Mark Casse good with Derby being postponed until September
It's going to require some change to preparation, but trainer Mark Casse is good with Tuesday's decision to postpone the Kentucky Derby until September amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Mar 17, 2020

Decorated curler John Morris returns to team curling, joins Kevin Koe
John Morris is returning to team curling and joining Kevin Koe's foursome. Morris is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, winning mixed doubles in 2018 with Kaitlyn Lawes and the men's title in 201...
Mar 17, 2020

AP source: Colts agree to 1-year deal with QB Philip Rivers
INDIANAPOLIS - Philip Rivers spent more than a decade picking apart the Indianapolis Colts and irritating their fans. On Wednesday, he'll become their new quarterback. The longtime Chargers star agree...
Mar 17, 2020

Brady leaving New England, Brees staying put in New Orleans
The unimaginable has happened to Patriots fans: Tom Brady is moving on. The predictable has occurred for Saints fans: Drew Brees is staying put. No matter what else happens in NFL free agency on Tuesd...
Mar 17, 2020

Senators say owner Eugene Melnyk will pay part-time arena staff during pandemic
The Ottawa Senators say owner Eugene Melnyk has now "personally pledged" to pay part-time arena staff impacted by the suspension of the NHL season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senators were th...
Mar 17, 2020

As pandemic turns politics inside out, questions swirl around Democratic race
WASHINGTON - Movie theatres are shuttered, schools and universities unnervingly quiet, businesses and borders are turning people away and North America is bracing for the worst as the urgenc...
Mar 17, 2020