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Former Whitecap charged with sexual assault after alleged incident in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A former Vancouver Whitecaps player has pleaded not guilty to one count of sexual assault following an alleged offence in the Vancouver area in May 2018. British Columbia's ...
Apr 14, 2020

Alberta working to get PPE for non-AHS facilities
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The government is working hard to source personal protective equipment (PPE) and expedite its distribution to groups and organizations in need. Many organizations have already recei...
Apr 14, 2020

New lead testing program coming to Redcliff
REDCLIFF AB-Water testing aimed at examining lead levels could be coming to Redcliff residences in the coming months.Redcliff Town Council voted to increase the 2020 water operating budget by $10,000 ...
Apr 14, 2020 (file photo/ CHATNewsToday)

Vancouver council members hear toilet flush, not each other, at virtual meeting
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says city council's first attempt at a virtual meeting was a bumpy one that included technical glitches, delays and the whoosh of a flushing toilet. The public meeting ...
Apr 14, 2020

Changes for funeral services among COVID-19 protocols
MEDICINE HAT, AB - COVID-19 is putting traditional funeral services on hold and funeral homes are striving to provide their services the best they can during this new reality.Funeral homes have a list...
Apr 14, 2020 Saamis Memorial Funeral Chapel and Crematorium April 14, 2020 (photo courtesy Ross Lavigne)

Many factors behind COVID-19 outbreaks hitting Quebec's long-term care homes
MONTREAL - As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across Canada, no places have been harder hit than Quebec's long-term care homes, where single facilities have seen dozens of residents die. Half th...
Apr 14, 2020

No change to local COVID-19 numbers as Alberta cases spike
There are 138 new cases of COVID-19 in Alberta, bringing the provincial total to 1,870. Medicine Hat remains at 11 cases, with one case moving from active to recovered. The city now has six active cas...
Apr 14, 2020

Petition urges Alberta to allow golf courses to open
A fast-growing number of people feel Alberta golf courses should receive an exemption from mandated business closures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.As of Tuesday morning, more than 26,000 peopl...
Apr 14, 2020

WATCH: Hinshaw to give 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 14, 2020

N.S. COVID model says health care can cope with first peak if 'good compliance'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's government is predicting the number of COVID-19 cases could still be comfortably managed by the province's hospital system by the end of June if t...
Apr 14, 2020