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NDP calls on government to give emergency one-off payment to desperate seniors
OTTAWA - New Democrats want the federal government to give the most cash-strapped seniors a one-off emergency payment to help them pay for basics, including food and rent.Rachel Blaney, the NDP's spok...
Jan 22, 2022
Eggert, Benecken win 6th World Cup luge doubles championship
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) - Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken are World Cup overall champions for the sixth time, getting that title back just in time for the Olympics. Eggert and Benecken won the se...
Jan 22, 2022
NDP calls on government to give emergency one-off payment to desperate seniors
OTTAWA - New Democrats want the federal government to give the most cash-strapped seniors a one-off emergency payment to help them pay for basics, including food and rent. Rachel Blaney, the NDP's spo...
Jan 22, 2022
Prime minister calls freezing deaths of four near U.S. border mind-boggling, tragic
Canada is doing all it can to stop people from risking their lives by crossing the border illegally, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Trudeau was responding to the deaths of a family that tr...
Jan 22, 2022
Ecole Connaught School going online next week
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat school will move to online learning for two days next week.In a Facebook post, Ecole Connaught School says that about 45 per cent of the school population was absent ...
Jan 21, 2022
Official: 1 officer killed, 1 seriously hurt in NYC shooting
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York Police Department officer was killed and another gravely injured Friday night after responding to a domestic disturbance call, according to a law enforcement official. A sus...
Jan 21, 2022
City manager says Towne Square budget, Invest Medicine Hat had nothing to do with retirement
MEDICINE HAT, AB - After a combined 20 years of service at city hall, city manager Robert Nicolay, 66, will be hanging up his suit, and entering into retirement. "It's always been the plan. In fact, w...
Jan 21, 2022
Trucker protest to Ottawa to pass through Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- Expect to see a big convoy of semi trailers on Highway One soon - as part of a protest of vaccine mandates for truckers. Organizers say up to a thousand trucks will pass through Me...
Jan 21, 2022
Restaurants in Medicine Hat fight through the fifth wave of the pandemic
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Restrictions are still in place limiting the number of people allowed in a restaurant along with a curfew on business hours.These safety measures protect patrons but may take away f...
Jan 21, 2022
Medicine Hat COVID hospitalizations up by six in three days
There are now 1,191 Albertans in hospital with COVID-19, 107 of which are in ICU, and 3,429 deaths.An AHS spokesperson told CHAT News Friday that there are currently 49 COVID-19 positive inpatients in...
Jan 21, 2022