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Spring housing start slowdown not likely attributed to pandemic
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Housing starts in Medicine Hat have slowed to a crawl, though that may be due more to market conditions and the season than the COVID-19 pandemic.According to March numbers released...
May 04, 2020 Photo courtesy of Bob Schneider
China says faulty masks a 'contractual' matter that has been fixed
OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Ottawa claimed Monday that the one million faulty N95 masks that arrived in Canada from China last month were the result of a "contractual" issue that has now been...
May 04, 2020
Grit City starting to return to business 'as usual' as sanitizer supplies increase
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's been nearly seven weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic saw Grit City Distillery go from primarily making craft spirits to hand sanitizer. But as the supply of the pandemic commodi...
May 04, 2020
A Day in Medicine Hat During COVID-19
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's a look at Medicine Hat the way you're likely never to see it again -- virtually deserted.CHAT NEWS cameraman Colton McKee, who also runs Colton Mckee Photography, filmed the la...
May 04, 2020
Ontario calls for a national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19 cases
TORONTO - Ontario's premier is calling for a national strategy on contact tracing. Doug Ford says he spoke with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday about the matter and planned to make t...
May 04, 2020
Rifle ban takes a bite out of local business, access to range
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A ban on 1,500 types of rifles last week will have an impact on a local gun dealer and range operator. But Canadian Gun Hub owner Rocky Rutledge doubts it will do anything to keep g...
May 04, 2020 An AR-15 sits on the counter top at Canadian Gun Hub. (CHAT News photo)
Kingfish Ingram wins 5 Blues Music Awards in online show
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram took home five Blues Music Awards in an online ceremony that featured appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and other musicians. The awards sh...
May 04, 2020
Nunavut's first COVID-19 case turns out to be false positive
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Canada's High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus. A case of COVID-19 supposedly confirmed in the remote Nunavut community of Pond Inlet last week has turned out to be...
May 04, 2020
WATCH: Hinshaw to provide COVID-19 update
Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on COVID-19.
May 04, 2020
Tiki Press has a Wish to help fellow area businesses
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A simple wish from Amy Gervais and Jeff Barrett has turned into so much more.The owners of screen printing and embroidery shop Tiki Press have launched Wish You Were Here, which see...
May 04, 2020