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Reading not cancelled, public libraries promote online materials
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With events, school, and activities cancelled or postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 precautionary measures, reading is not cancelled.That's what the Medicine Hat Public Library ...
Mar 23, 2020 Chat News file photo

Tigers season over following cancellation of WHL playoffs & Memorial Cup
CALGARY, AB - The small flicker of hope for the 2019-20 WHL playoffs was extinguished by the Canadian Hockey League on Monday, officially ending the season for the Medicine Hat Tigers.CHL commissioner...
Mar 23, 2020 Medicine Hat Tigers captain James Hamblin has played his final junior game following cancellation of WHL playoffs (Photo courtesy of Randy Feere / Medicine Hat Tigers)

Options remain to support local restaurants, cafes, pubs
MEDICINE HAT, AB - As everyone comes together to stay apart local businesses need the support of the community now more than ever. With most Medicine Hat residents heeding the advice of medical expert...
Mar 23, 2020

Former Olympian, head of Game Plan urges Canadian athletes to seek support
Canada's bold stance on the 2020 Tokyo Games doesn't come without a reckoning for the country's athletes. The decision to hold Canadians back from competing in the Summer Olympic and Paralympic G...
Mar 23, 2020

XFL players are now able to sign contracts with both CFL and NFL clubs
TORONTO - Players under contract to XFL teams are free to sign CFL deals now but GMs Marcel Desjardins and Kyle Walters aren't expecting an exodus of talent north of the border. The XFL has ...
Mar 23, 2020

New provincial council will provide advice to government
The first task of a new provincial council will be to advise the province on civil society's response to COVID-19. The Premier's Council on Charities and Civil Society, comprised of 15 influential lea...
Mar 23, 2020

Memorial Cup, CHL playoffs cancelled because of COVID-19
For the first time in 102 years, there will not be a showdown to determine Canada's major junior hockey champion. The 2020 Memorial Cup has been added to the list of cancelled sporting event...
Mar 23, 2020

COC's Tokyo decision brings back memories for athletes who missed 1980 Games
Time hasn't diminished the myriad of emotions Jay Triano felt in 1980. There was the euphoria of the Canadian men's basketball team qualifying for the Moscow Summer Games. Then days later came&nb...
Mar 23, 2020

NewsAlert:Kalen Schlatter found guilty of murder in killing of Tess Richey
TORONTO - A Toronto man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of a young woman whose body was found in an outdoor stairwell days after she went missing. Jurors con...
Mar 23, 2020

Family physician care moving to a virtual platform
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With walk-in clinics drastically scaling back their operations across southeastern Alberta for in-person visits, area doctors will now be moving online to deal with the bulk of asse...
Mar 23, 2020