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Chiefs concerned about mental health impacts of COVID-19 in their First Nations
OTTAWA - A few months before the novel coronavirus arrived in Canada, the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon Lake, Sask. was already raising the alarm over suicides in the community...
May 03, 2020
Civil service saw COVID-19 benefit programs as 'Dunkirk'-style rescue effort
OTTAWA - It was a sunny March 18 when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented the government's first big attempt at containing the economic fallout from COVID-19 in the form of an $82-billio...
May 03, 2020
Looser COVID-19 rules mean more activity, but there may be some confusion
WINNIPEG - People in some provinces will enjoy more freedom Monday as restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic are loosened. But the change appears set to leave some workers looking for child car...
May 03, 2020
S Korea says troops exchange fire along N Korean border
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea says its troops have exchanged fire with North Korea along their tense land border. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul says North Korean troops fired several bu...
May 02, 2020
Soaked walls and muddy basements: Fort McMurray residents survey their flooded homes
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - When Norm Sutton was allowed to return to his home in Fort McMurray, he could see that his wife's car had been totally submerged and floodwater had completely filled his fi...
May 02, 2020
COVID-19: 97 new cases in the province, 20 in Brooks, two new deaths
EDMONTON, AB. - The province of Alberta announced 97 new cases of COVID-19 today bringing the total number of cases to 5,670. The number of recoveries continues to increase across the province, with t...
May 02, 2020
COVID-19: Hundreds tested in Medicine Hat, Brooks last week
MEDICINE HAT, AB.- Testing for the novel Coronavirus continues throughout the South Zone and new figures released by Alberta Health Services to CHAT NEWS Today show an average of 36 tests performed in...
May 02, 2020 The drive-in assessment centre in Brooks on Tuesday (Tiffany Goodwein/ CHAT News Today)
Brooks Mayor in support of localized approach to reopening
BROOKS, AB.-Taking to Facebook live Friday afternoon, Brooks Mayor Barry Morishita told viewers the city is in support of the Province of Alberta's plan to look at reopening based on a more localized ...
May 02, 2020 Brooks Mayor Barry Morishita (file photo/ CHAT News Today)
Stars deliver inspirational messages in Call to Unite event
LOS ANGELES - Director Lee Daniels talked about past drug use and urged people not to give into the temptation to abuse drugs during the coronavirus pandemic, saying "You are not alone." Actress Eva L...
May 02, 2020
Navy helicopter debris suggests sudden descent, as probe face challenges:experts
HALIFAX - Former senior Canadian Armed Forces officers say it appears a naval Cyclone helicopter struck the waters off Greece with sudden and massive velocity, ...
May 02, 2020