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Sweden 'sick and tired' of seeing Sandin get slashed at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Sweden is sick of seeing Rasmus Sandin get slashed. No doubt the Toronto Maple Leafs feel the same way. The 19-year-old defenceman took another hack to his lef...
Jan 02, 2020
Abandonment of wells in Manyberries field underway
Medicine Hat, AB - The city is abandoning a number of oil wells in addition to the more than 2,000 gas wells announced in September, CHAT News has learned.Medicine Hat's commissioner of energy and uti...
Jan 02, 2020 Photo courtesy of Alex McCuaig - One of a number of well which make up the Manyberries oilfield with the Sweet Grass Hills in the background.
Funeral for mother and son killed in Louisiana plane crash
LAFAYETTE, La. - Family and friends wearing purple and gold said goodbye Thursday to a Louisiana woman and her son who were on their way to see the Peach Bowl when they died in a plane crash. Gretchen...
Jan 02, 2020
Correction: Big Buoy story
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. - In a story December 30, 2019, about a buoy washing ashore in Florida, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the buoy was floating in the Atlantic Ocean for two years....
Jan 02, 2020
Union representing nurses concerned about potential overtime changes
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The union representing nurses in Alberta says a recent memo for nurses in northern Alberta sends a troubling sign to the rest of the province. The Edmonton Journal first reported in...
Jan 02, 2020 CHAT News file photo
Coaldale company named McCain's "Top Potato Grower"
COALDALE, AB - Perry Produce Ltd. is being recognized by McCain Foods Canada.At McCain's Alberta Growers' Appreciation Banquet, they were named the 2019 Crop Year Champion Potato Grower."We have been ...
Jan 02, 2020 Perry Produce with executives from McCain Foods. (Supplied by McCain Foods)
Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating 'cadaver' note
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he's accused of killing, according to court doc...
Jan 02, 2020
Veterans Affairs looks for public input on monument for Afghanistan mission
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking for advice from the public on what a monument to Canada's 13-year mission in Afghanistan should look like. An online consultation runs until Jan. 20, seeking...
Jan 02, 2020
Sillinger recognized as WHL Rookie of the Month
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Cole Sillinger has been recognized by the Western Hockey League for the second time this season.The Medicine Hat Tigers forward was named the WHL's Rookie of the Month for the month...
Jan 02, 2020 Medicine Hat Tigers dressing room
Man facing charges after alleged assault at mall
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A 40-year-old man has been arrested after a 72-year-old man was allegedly assaulted with a weapon at the Medicine Hat Mall Thursday afternoon.According to a news release from the Me...
Jan 02, 2020 A police vehicle is parked outside the Medicine Hat Mall after police investigate an alleged assault with a weapon Thursday afternoon - Photo by Chantal Wagner