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Police make arrests as Ottawa blockade members defy orders to leave
OTTAWA - Police are making several arrests in Ottawa late today as anti-government demonstrators with large trucks continue to ignore demands they leave an ongoing blockade.One man sporting an orange ...
Feb 17, 2022
Sources: 19 Austin police officers indicted in protest probe
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas grand jury has indicted 19 Austin police officers on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for their actions during 2020 protests over racial injustice that s...
Feb 17, 2022
Province-wide COVID hospitalizations below 1,500, 18 new deaths
There are now 1,491 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 116 of which are in ICU, and 3,822 deaths.An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News Tuesday that there are currently 89 COVID-19 positive inpatients i...
Feb 17, 2022
Former Medicine Hat CAO takes over in Grande Prairie
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat's former chief administrative officer Bob Nicolay has been appointed city manager in Grande Prairie.Nicolay served in this role in Grande Prairie from 2017-2018 before ...
Feb 17, 2022
California adopts nation's first 'endemic' virus policy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the first shift by a state to an "endemic" approach to the coronavirus pandemic that emphasizes prevention and quick reacti...
Feb 17, 2022
Members of the Shackan First Nation to return home, more than 90 days after flood
MERRITT, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Members of a British Columbia First Nation who were evacuated more than 90 days ago when a nearby river changed course during catastrophic floods are set to return home. Ch...
Feb 17, 2022
Man linked to Manitoba border deaths indicted in U.S. on human smuggling charges
MINNEAPOLIS - A federal grand jury in the United States has formally indicted a man on human smuggling charges after the deaths of four Indian migrants near the Canada-U. S. border last month. The U.S...
Feb 17, 2022
Beckie to the rescue as Canadian women tie England 1-1 at Arnold Clark Cup
MIDDLESBROUGH, United Kingdom - Janine Beckie's elegant second-half strike lifted Canada into a 1-1 draw with England at the Arnold Clark Cup on Thursday. The first outing of the year for Olympic-cham...
Feb 17, 2022
Pelosi opens Biden State of the Union speech to full House
WASHINGTON (AP) - All members of Congress are being invited to attend President Joe Biden's upcoming State of the Union address, crowding the House chamber for the first time since the outbreak of the...
Feb 17, 2022
Former Angels employee convicted in Skaggs' overdose death
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A former Los Angeles Angels employee was convicted Thursday of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas. Eric Kay was convicted ...
Feb 17, 2022