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Vancouver Whitecaps look to help financially troubled aquarium survive
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have joined forces with the Vancouver Aquarium to sell face masks with proceeds going to help keep the financially troubled aquarium afloat. The aquarium, a not-for...
Apr 24, 2020
Small business owners paying $100 bill forward to support local industry
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It all began with a simple $100 bill, nothing out of the ordinary or too special.Over just a couple of weeks however, that banknote has inspired small business owners across Medicin...
Apr 24, 2020 Madhatter Roastery passing along the $100 bill to Local Eatery earlier this month (Photo courtesy of Madhatter Roastery / Facebook)
U.S. seals the deal on USMCA, says trade agreement can now take effect July 1
WASHINGTON - The United States has cleared the way for its long-awaited trade agreement with Canada and Mexico to go into effect July 1. The U.S. notified its North American trading partners...
Apr 24, 2020
No time to relax safety protocols in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat's director of emergency management is warning the public that now is not the time to soften their adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols in light of a surge in new case...
Apr 24, 2020 CHAT News File Photo
Don't Quit: Library video shows the power of words
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Some of Medicine Hat's most prominent citizens have a message for residents - Don't Quit.Mayor Ted Clugston, Police Chief Andy McGrogan and Fire Chief Brian Stauth are among those r...
Apr 24, 2020
NHL's hub-city concept intrigues Flames general manager Brad Treliving
CALGARY - Where, when and how are Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving's questions for the NHL as the league considers a hub-city concept to resume the season. There were 189 g...
Apr 24, 2020
COVID-19 will force feds to reconsider health-care funding, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will have to consider increasing health-care funding after seeing the toll the novel coronavirus has taken on the country. Before the pa...
Apr 24, 2020
Brooks COVID-19 cases near 400, Medicine Hat cases now at 23
Alberta has seen another 297 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, pushing the provincial total to more than 4,000. The total now sits at 4,017. An additional 40 people have recovered, bringing that...
Apr 24, 2020
RCMP offer details about timeline for mass killing in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP provided a partial timeline of what happened last weekend when a man posing as an RCMP officer killed 22 people before he was fatally shot by police on Sunday - a little...
Apr 24, 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.
Apr 24, 2020