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Toronto Blue Jays get government approval to return to Canada
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays say they have received government approval to return to Canada.The team says in a statement that it will begin playing its home games at Rogers Centre starting July 30....
Jul 16, 2021
Judge orders end to DACA, current enrollees safe for now
HOUSTON - A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled illegal an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of some immigrants brought into the United States as children, putting new pressure for ac...
Jul 16, 2021
Johnston brothers standing second, third in final Elite Series tournament of season
WADDINGTON, N.Y. - Canadian brothers Chris and Cory Johnston find themselves in a pretty good spot at the halfway point of the final Elite Series tournament of the year. Chris Johnston of Peterborough...
Jul 16, 2021
Crews respond to house fire in Redcliff
REDCLIFF, AB - A house fire broke out in the 200 block of Second Street SE in Redcliff on Friday. The fire was reported to CHAT News at about 3:15 p.m., and we're told it started about an hour earlier...
Jul 16, 2021
Blue-green algae advisory issued for Reesor Lake
Alberta Health Services advises people living near the shores of Reesor Lake and visitors to take precautions after a blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom has been identified at the lake.Avoid all c...
Jul 16, 2021
Blue Jays sign deal with pitcher Gunnar Hoglund, 19th overall pick
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed a deal with pitching prospect Gunnar Hoglund. The right-hander was chosen 19th overall by the Jays in the 2021 first-year player draft. He was drafted out o...
Jul 16, 2021
Local farmers facing a 'desperate situation' with no end in sight to heat wave, drought
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - Local farmers say they're at a tipping point as hot and dry conditions have them facing the possibility of not making a crop this year and looking at financial hardships that will...
Jul 16, 2021
Another active COVID-19 case in Medicine Hat, case count inching up
Medicine Hat now has nine active cases of COVID-19.Medicine Hat has had 1,272 total cases - the nine active, 1,241 recovered and there have been 22 deaths.There is one new case in the city since Thurs...
Jul 16, 2021
Company wants to appeal decision that rejected proposed Alberta open-pit coal mine
CALGARY - The company behind a proposed open-pit coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains has filed a request to appeal a decision by a review panel that rejected the project as being not in the public ...
Jul 16, 2021
Majority of Canadians feel 3/4 should be fully vaccinated before U.S. border opens
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new poll from the Angus Reid Institute gives new insights into how Canadians feel about the current state of the pandemic, how it has been handled in Ottawa, and when the internatio...
Jul 16, 2021