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Trump hears opposing viewpoints in debate over youth vaping
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday heard opposing viewpoints in the debate over youth vaping but offered no insight into where he would ultimately come down on the issue after promising two...
Nov 22, 2019
Taxpayer group gaining traction says founding member
Medicine Hat, AB - The president of a local taxpayer advocacy group says the organization is gaining traction in the community after forming in the last few months."People are looking for a change in ...
Nov 22, 2019 File photo - Allan Rose at the Medicine Hat Great West Home and Leisure show last month.
Limited swimming time at FLC on weekend
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Swim times at the Family Leisure Centre will be limited this weekend.Due to the Marlins Marquee Invitational Swim Meet, the Kinsmen Aquatic Park 50M pool, dive tank and waterslide w...
Nov 22, 2019 Family Leisure Centre - CHAT News File Photo
Parents concerned about end of government funding for parent link centres
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Provincial funding for parent link centres across Alberta, including in Medicine Hat, will be ending in the spring of 2020, and parents who utilize the programs are worried about wh...
Nov 22, 2019 The Baby Time class at McMan Parent Link on Friday - Photo by Bob Schneider
Kim stays 2 shots up, Henderson 3 back at $1.5 million LPGA finale
NAPLES, Fla. - Sei Young Kim wasted two good birdie chances late in the second round Friday when she got a pep talk from an unlikely source. Cristie Kerr was working as a commentator for Golf Channel,...
Nov 22, 2019
New Trudeau cabinet must prioritize Phoenix deal, 'fair' contract: PSAC
OTTAWA - The country's largest civil service union isn't waiting for the prime minister to give marching orders to his new cabinet, offering up its own suggestions for government priorities in the com...
Nov 22, 2019
It’s World Children’s Day and anniversary of child rights
TANZANIA, Tanzania - It was World Children's Day on Wednesday, and British teenage actress Millie Bobby Brown and former England soccer star David Beckham urged people everywhere to listen to youngste...
Nov 22, 2019
Former CCDA director facing child porn charges
Medicine Hat, AB - The former director of the City Centre Development Agency (CCDA) is facing child pornography charges, CHAT News has learned.Wayne Smith, 65, is facing allegations of accessing and p...
Nov 22, 2019
First Street Southwest construction complete
MEDICINE HAT, AB - First Street Southwest will once again reopen for traffic.Sections of the street, which connects downtown Medicine Hat and Harlow, have been closed since June to allow crews to repl...
Nov 22, 2019 First Street Southwest - Photo by Alex McCuaig
Quebec 'part of solution' finance minister says in bid to ease tension with West
MONTREAL - Quebec's finance minister is trying to ease tensions between his province and Western Canada. In an open letter published Friday in the Financial Post, Eric Girard said his province&nb...
Nov 22, 2019