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Overseas hikers rescued in B.C. relied on online app: rescue group
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - The search and rescue organization for Metro Vancouver's North Shore mountains says its teams recently rescued two international visitors who became stranded after relying on o...
Dec 05, 2024

Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault tells committee: 'I am not Indigenous'
OTTAWA - Randy Boissonnault, whose shifting claims to Indigenous identity cost him his job as employment minister, told a House of Commons committee today that he is not Indigenous. Boissonnault was c...
Dec 05, 2024

Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin ruled out of game against Jets with back spasms
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo Sabres coach Lindy Ruff ruled out defenceman Rasmus Dahlin from playing against the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night because of back spasms. Ruff did not provide a timeline...
Dec 05, 2024

NASA's first astronaut flight around the moon in decades faces more delays
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA announced more delays Thursday in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo. Administrator Bill Nelson said the next mission in the Artemis p...
Dec 05, 2024

Quebec police say cutting blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save up to 14 lives a year
QUBEC - Quebec provincial police estimate that reducing the legal blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save between 10 and 14 lives every year on the province's roadways. Those figures are contained in he...
Dec 05, 2024

Former Japan youth international Aoi Kizaki becomes fifth player on AFC Toronto squad
TORONTO - Former Japan youth international Aoi Kizaki is the latest soccer talent to join AFC Toronto of the new Northern Super League. Kizaki, 26, is the club's fifth signing, joining Canadians Cloey...
Dec 05, 2024

Noon Interview: Mark Ward — Dec. 4
Mark Ward, conductor of the Medicine Hat Concert Band, joined anchor Dan Reynish on CHAT News at Noon on Wednesday.
Dec 05, 2024

Government asks for third extension on court deadline to pass 'lost Canadians' bill
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says the government is seeking a third extension to a court-mandated deadline to pass legislation that grants citizenship to "lost Canadians." Miller says the...
Dec 05, 2024

Alberta conducting long-term water storage study
The Alberta government has begun a province-wide Water Storage Opportunities Study evaluating 100 locations for their potential to serve as a dam, reservoir, or other water storage infrastructure in a...
Dec 05, 2024

Trudeau, ministers and opposition leaders address AFN gathering in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fell short of committing to a national inquiry on systemic racism in policing this morning even as he acknowledged the pain of First Nations mothers who have had...
Dec 05, 2024