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Scheer refuses to acknowledge MP's controversial criticism of health officer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has refused to address controversial comments by a member of his caucus who is also seeking to replace him as leader. Derek Sloan, a rookie MP from rural Ont...
Apr 23, 2020
Saskatchewan targets May 4 to start reopening economy
The Saskatchewan government has outlined a five-phase plan to reopen parts of the province's economy during the COVID-19 crisis.Premier Scott Moe says restrictions will first be lifted starting May 4 ...
Apr 23, 2020
Brooks resident charged, issued $1,200 fine for non-compliance with self-quarantine
BROOKS, AB - RCMP in Brooks have issued a non-compliance ticket to a resident required to be in self-quarantine within his home. This is the first such ticket issued in the city.The 19-year-old male w...
Apr 23, 2020 CHAT News File Photo
Baseball Canada cancels 11 national championships due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Baseball Canada has cancelled all its 2020 national championships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision announced Thursday affects 11 national tournaments, from the Baseball Canada ...
Apr 23, 2020
New vice-president Roy joining MHC during uncertain period
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It might not have begun the way she envisioned, but Dr. Vicky Roy is settling into her new role with Medicine Hat College.Roy officially began her tenure as MHC's new vice-president...
Apr 23, 2020 Medicine Hat College's new vice-president academic and provost Dr. Vicky Roy (Photo courtesy of Medicine Hat College)
Canada's COVID death toll passes 2,000; Trudeau pledges $1.1B for research
TORONTO - Canada's COVID-19 death toll passed the 2,000 mark on Thursday as scientists across the country scrambled to find ways to mitigate the pandemic in the form of a treatment or vaccine and...
Apr 23, 2020
Trudeau says military short-term solution to caring for seniors
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the military will respond to provincial requests for assistance at long-term care facilities. But he says the measure is a short-term solution and that Cana...
Apr 23, 2020
Feds pour $1.1B into COVID-19 vaccine development, tracking of cases
OTTAWA - The federal government will spend more than $1 billion to help develop, test and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine, as well as to determine how widely the virus has spread through Canada, P...
Apr 23, 2020
Federal prison tensions rise amid COVID lockdowns; activists want releases
TORONTO - Efforts to contain the rapid spread of COVID-19 in Canada's federal prisons have led to an increase in tensions that have prompted correctional officers to use force on at least two occasion...
Apr 23, 2020
Nova Scotia RCMP officers shot at rural fire hall during search for killer
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog is investigating why two RCMP officers started shooting at a fire hall while a killer disguised as a Mountie was on the loose. Pat Curran, interi...
Apr 23, 2020