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Protesters stand their ground despite prospect of harsh penalties
OTTAWA - New warnings to stand down or face the imminent possibility of harsh consequences have been issued but protesters plugging roads around Parliament Hill as well as Canada's busiest border cros...
Feb 12, 2022
US to evacuate Ukraine embassy amid Russian invasion fears
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is set to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent. U.S. officials say the St...
Feb 11, 2022
Another Canadian track record for Gabriela DeBues-Stafford
BOSTON - Gabriela DeBues-Stafford continued her assault of the Canadian track and field record book on Friday. Less than a week after she shattered the national record in the indoor 3,000 metres, the ...
Feb 11, 2022
Canada's Grondin and O'Dine win bronze medal in mixed snowboard cross
ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Canada's Eliot Grondin and Meryeta O'Dine have won the bronze medal in mixed team snowboard cross at the Beijing Olympics. The United States took gold and one of Italy's two teams...
Feb 11, 2022
City defends current utility rates, adds new tool to explain fees
MEDICINE HAT, AB - City officials say the formula in which Medicine Hat sets utility rates could change but in the meantime has created a new tool to help answer why many residents' utility bills have...
Feb 11, 2022
Star striker Jozy Altidore bids farewell to Toronto FC in social media post
TORONTO - After seven seasons, star striker Jozy Altidore has bid farewell to Toronto via a social media post. While Toronto FC has not said much about Altidore's absence from training camp, his depar...
Feb 11, 2022
Lost in the B.C. woods for 74 days, Bear Henry thankful to forestry workers rescue
VICTORIA - Bear Henry says they survived more than 70 days lost in a remote Vancouver Island forest on a few days worth of beans, rice, some cat food and melted snow. Henry is about 30 kilograms light...
Feb 11, 2022
Score!: Redcliff Youth Centre gets $10K grant from Calgary Flames Foundation
REDCLIFF, AB - The Redcliff Youth Centre scored big this week, netting a grant of $10,200 from the Calgary Flames Foundation.The centre's executive director Janae Ulrich is overwhelmed by the grant."I...
Feb 11, 2022
'Trying to get fans back in arena' top priority for Raptors president Masai Ujiri
TORONTO - Even as the NBA's trade deadline on Thursday was approaching, Masai Ujiri has kept his priorities in order. "Trying to get fans back in the arena," Ujiri said Friday when asked what was more...
Feb 11, 2022
Medicine Hat back under 500 known active COVID-19 cases, one new death in city
There are now 1,566 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 127 of which are in ICU, and 3,741 deaths.An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News Friday that there are currently 86 COVID-19 positive inpatients in...
Feb 11, 2022