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Looser COVID-19 rules mean more activity, but there may be some confusion
WINNIPEG - People in some provinces will enjoy more freedom Monday as restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic are loosened. But the change appears set to leave some workers looking for child car...
May 3, 2020
S Korea says troops exchange fire along N Korean border
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea says its troops have exchanged fire with North Korea along their tense land border. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in Seoul says North Korean troops fired several bu...
May 2, 2020
Soaked walls and muddy basements: Fort McMurray residents survey their flooded homes
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - When Norm Sutton was allowed to return to his home in Fort McMurray, he could see that his wife's car had been totally submerged and floodwater had completely filled his fi...
May 2, 2020
COVID-19: 97 new cases in the province, 20 in Brooks, two new deaths
EDMONTON, AB. - The province of Alberta announced 97 new cases of COVID-19 today bringing the total number of cases to 5,670. The number of recoveries continues to increase across the province, with t...
May 2, 2020
COVID-19: Hundreds tested in Medicine Hat, Brooks last week
MEDICINE HAT, AB.- Testing for the novel Coronavirus continues throughout the South Zone and new figures released by Alberta Health Services to CHAT NEWS Today show an average of 36 tests performed in...
May 2, 2020 The drive-in assessment centre in Brooks on Tuesday (Tiffany Goodwein/ CHAT News Today)
Brooks Mayor in support of localized approach to reopening
BROOKS, AB.-Taking to Facebook live Friday afternoon, Brooks Mayor Barry Morishita told viewers the city is in support of the Province of Alberta's plan to look at reopening based on a more localized ...
May 2, 2020 Brooks Mayor Barry Morishita (file photo/ CHAT News Today)
Stars deliver inspirational messages in Call to Unite event
LOS ANGELES - Director Lee Daniels talked about past drug use and urged people not to give into the temptation to abuse drugs during the coronavirus pandemic, saying "You are not alone." Actress Eva L...
May 2, 2020
Navy helicopter debris suggests sudden descent, as probe face challenges:experts
HALIFAX - Former senior Canadian Armed Forces officers say it appears a naval Cyclone helicopter struck the waters off Greece with sudden and massive velocity, ...
May 2, 2020
Doug Ford takes aim at Trudeau government's gun control measures
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford is taking aim at the federal government's new gun control measures, saying he believes the feds should focus on smuggling of illegal weapons at the border ...
May 2, 2020
Lethbridge police investigate sudden death
LETHBRIDGE, AB.- Lethbridge Police are investigating a sudden death after the body of a man was located Saturday (Sat 2) morning in a west side park. Just before 7 a.m. EMS responded to a report of a ...
May 2, 2020 (file photo/ LethbridgeNewsNow)