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Streaming service allows sports fans to watch local games
BOW ISLAND, AB - Fans don't have to leave home to watch local youth and amateur sports live or on-demand.The streaming service LiveBarn has been around since 2015, allowing smaller arenas to easily br...
Jan 28, 2022
Bodies of family that froze to death trying to cross border may not return to India
A relative of a family that froze to death in southern Manitoba while trying to cross the United States border says it's expected the bodies will not be flown home to India for a funeral. Amritbhai Va...
Jan 28, 2022
Whitecaps coach Vanni Sartini placed in MLS health and safety protocols
Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini has been placed in Major League Soccer's health and safety protocols. The club says Sartini will miss the next week of training, as per MLS COVID-19 guidel...
Jan 28, 2022
Top Alberta court denies appeal of regulator's refusal to approve coal mine
Alberta's top court has rejected a request to appeal a regulatory decision that denied permits for the Grassy Mountain coal mine in the province's Rocky Mountains. In a decision released Friday, the A...
Jan 28, 2022
Number of COVID inpatients at Medicine Hat hospital continues to rise
There are now 1,496 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 105 of which are in ICU, and 3,531 deaths.An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News Friday that there are currently 89 COVID-19 positive inpatients in...
Jan 28, 2022
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending teenagers with underlying conditions or at high risk of COVID-19 exposure get a booster ...
Jan 28, 2022
Community generosity helping get Irvine School's agriculture program up and running
IRVINE, AB - Heavy-duty planning sessions are underway for the Irvine Agricultural Discovery Centre's first season, and it's getting strong support from the local ag community.Two home-raised steers w...
Jan 28, 2022
Local nurses union calls new collective agreement 'quite fair'
MEDICINE HAT, AB - After two years of negotiations, there's finally a sense of relief for local nurses.Their union voted to ratify a new collective agreement, for which 87 per cent of registered nurse...
Jan 28, 2022
Ottawa police call in reinforcements as convoy takes up positions around Parliament
OTTAWA - Police in Ottawa have called in reinforcements as the first trucks in a convoy to protest a vaccine mandate for cross-border big-rig drivers arrive in the capital.Chief Peter Sloly says the f...
Jan 28, 2022
Source: TFC acquires Mexican defender Carlos Salcedo, transfers Yeferson Soteldo
Toronto FC has acquired Mexican international defender Carlos Salcedo from Mexico's Tigres UANL as a designated player through 2024, with Venezuelan international winger Yeferson Soteldo going the oth...
Jan 28, 2022