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N.L. tells 'come from aways' to stay away after pandemic rules flouted
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is clamping down on travel to the province after reports of tourists arriving by ferry to view icebergs amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief medical...
Apr 29, 2020

Ontario Conservative MPs pass motion demanding Sloan apologize for attack on Tam
OTTAWA - Ontario Conservative MP Derek Sloan could face expulsion from his party's caucus over remarks he made questioning the loyalty of the country's chief public health officer. Sources tell ...
Apr 29, 2020

Doctors fret over surgery backlog after immediate COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Doctors say they're becoming increasingly concerned about how they're going to handle the swelling backlog of elective surgeries once the immediate COVID-19 threat has ebbed. Hospitals have p...
Apr 29, 2020

Manitoba to ease some COVID-19 restrictions starting in May
WINNIPEG - Many non-essential Manitoba businesses that have been shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic are to be allowed to reopen as of Monday. The Progressive Conservative government released a ph...
Apr 29, 2020

Soldiers get orderly training ahead of Quebec long-term care deployment
MONTREAL - Canadian Forces soldiers got a crash course in senior care Wednesday as members with no medical background or orderly experience prepared to deploy to Quebec long-term care homes harde...
Apr 29, 2020

Supreme Court moves provincial appeals of carbon tax to September
OTTAWA - Canada's national fight over the carbon tax won't get sorted out at the Supreme Court of Canada until the fall. The Supreme Court says appeals from both Saskatchewan and Ontario over cases th...
Apr 29, 2020

Women's shelter encourages those having a difficult time to reach out
MEDICINE HAT, AB -With more time being spent at home it might not necessarily be the safest place for some.The Medicine Hat Women's Shelter is open as they're an essential service.Executive Director N...
Apr 29, 2020 Photo courtesy Colton Mckee

Backlog of spuds will see less planted this year, says Alberta Potato Growers
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Bud the Spud won't be heading down the highway smiling anytime soon as Canada faces a country-wide backlog of potatoes. And the character from the Stompin' Tom Connors song won't be...
Apr 29, 2020 Terence Hochstein, executive director of the Alberta Potato Growers Association, says the backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will see fewer spuds planted this year. (CHAT News photo).

Work on First Street SW set to wrap up this summer
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The final phase of a city infrastructure project that has stretched through parts of three years should soon come to an end.Work on the First Street SW Infrastructure Renewal Projec...
Apr 29, 2020 CHAT News File Photo

COVID-19 puts new twist on rental property scam
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning people about an existing scam that has a newly added twist.Fraudsters will search for information about legitimate home rental or sale prop...
Apr 29, 2020 (Lethbridge News Now)