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US bombs facilities in Syria used by Iran-backed militia
WASHINGTON - The United States launched airstrikes in Syria on Thursday, targeting facilities near the Iraqi border used by Iranian-backed militia groups. The Pentagon said the strikes were retaliatio...
Feb 25, 2021

Alberta Budget 2021: Mayor reacts to cuts to municipal funding program
MEDICINE HAT, AB- Funding for a provincial program aimed at supporting municipalities with capital expenditures such as roads, and sewer upgrades, will see significant reductions in the coming years, ...
Feb 25, 2021

MLA Barnes reacts to provincial budget
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes highlighted the deficits of this budget when he spoke with CHAT News Thursday afternoon.He says the main thing government needs to do is to spen...
Feb 25, 2021

Monarch butterflies down 26% in Mexico wintering grounds
MEXICO CITY - The number of monarch butterflies that showed up at their winter resting grounds in central Mexico decreased by about 26% this year, and four times as many trees were lost to illegal log...
Feb 25, 2021

Canadian fighter Alexis Davis returns to action Saturday on UFC card in Las Vegas
Canadian Alexis Davis returns to action Saturday with a surgically repaired shoulder and a renewed zest for fighting. The 36-year-old from Port Colborne, Ont. who now makes her home in California, ste...
Feb 25, 2021

Messing leads Canadian figure skating team at world championships
Keegan Messing headlines the Canadian team for next month's world figure skating championships in Stockholm. The worlds, March 22-28, cap a rocky season for Canadian skaters that saw both Skate Canada...
Feb 25, 2021

VIDEO: Ridley ready to end year-long wait for 4,000th broadcast
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Just under a year after having a major milestone taken away from him, Bob Ridley will finally get the chance to call his 4,000th game.The famed Tigers playcaller was two games away ...
Feb 25, 2021

Public health agency investigating quarantine sexual assault allegations
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is launching an investigation and reviewing its practices after two returning travellers were allegedly sexually assaulted during their mandatory quarantine...
Feb 25, 2021

B.C. businessman dinged for illegal donation to NDP MP's 2015 campaign
OTTAWA - A British Columbia businessman who made an illegal contribution to New Democrat MP Peter Julian's 2015 election campaign has been ordered to pay $7,500 to the receiver general of Canada. Elec...
Feb 25, 2021

Logging delay agreement for B.C. old-growth tree stand helps endangered spotted owls
An agreement to delay logging of an old-growth stand of British Columbia forest has given a one-year reprieve to one of Canada's most endangered species. But governments now have to come up with a per...
Feb 25, 2021