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Community Foundation establishes COVID-19 Relief Fund
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta has created a COVID-19 Relief Fund for Southeast Alberta to assist local charities that provide crucial services to the region's mos...
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Alouettes starter Adams Jr. looking to build upon Alouettes' stellar '19 season
Montreal Alouettes quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. won't be heart-broken if training camp is pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Camps are scheduled to open May 17 but...
Mar 26, 2020

City to hold closed-door planning meeting on COVID-19 response Friday
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat City Council will be holding a closed-door session on Friday to discuss the municipality's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Coun. Darren Hirsch says he's hearing from ...
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Researchers balancing scientific rigour with speed to find COVID-19 treatment
OTTAWA - Experts say researchers racing against time to provide a proven treatment for COVID-19 will have to balance scientific rigour against speed. Clinical trials for possible treatments and cures ...
Mar 26, 2020

Troops in Ukraine to return next month, will be replaced with smaller force
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces plans to withdraw the 200 troops it currently has in Ukraine and replace them with a skeleton force next month to hold the fort until the COVID-19 pandemic has passe...
Mar 26, 2020

COVID-19 exposing thin financial margins of Canada's Olympic athletes
Any lingering hope Sarah Pavan had about competing on this season's professional beach volleyball circuit was crushed the day city workers came to cut down the nets on Hermosa Beac...
Mar 26, 2020

Crosby, Ovechkin fine if NHL goes directly into the playoffs post-COVID
Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin wouldn't mind the NHL going right into the playoffs if the league's able to resume the 2019-20 season in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking on s...
Mar 26, 2020

Food bank needs cash donations
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Times like these are when the work of the Medicine Hat & District Food Bank is most important and when it needs the most help.Right now, the most pressing need is cash donations...
Mar 26, 2020

'A death sentence:' Advocates warn of COVID-19 spread in jails, prisons
Advocates across Canada are calling for the release of non-violent offenders and a unified plan to deal with the health and safety of inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic. "What we have is people...
Mar 26, 2020

Trump says feds developing new guidelines for virus risk
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that federal officials are developing guidelines to rate counties by risk of virus spread, as he aims to begin to ease nationwide guidelines meant to ...
Mar 26, 2020