Tag Archives: Federal Politics
Conservative leadership campaign trail adds one more: MP Erin O'Toole
OTTAWA - Ontario MP Erin O'Toole is expected to lay out his vision for the federal Conservative party and why he's the one to run it in an online video being released today that officially kicks off h...
Jan 27, 2020
Petition by local MP to stop ban on ``military-style assault rifles`` continues to garner support
Medicine Hat, AB - A petition to stop the federal government from banning "military-style assault rifles" continues to gain support with nearly 110,000 as of this weekend.The petition was launched by ...
Jan 26, 2020 Some of the guns on display at this weekend`s Sportsman Day at the Cypress Centre. (CHAT News photo)
Former cabinet minister Peter MacKay announces Tory leadership bid
STELLARTON, N.S. - Former federal cabinet minister Peter MacKay says he will run for the leadership of the federal Conservative party.MacKay made the announcement at the Museum of Industry in Stellart...
Jan 25, 2020
Top local CHAT News stories of the week
Medicine Hat, AB - Guns, crime and closure of a local chain restaurant were some of the most popular stories of the past week.The following are the top five stories people viewed at CHAT News Today be...
Jan 25, 2020 Medicine Hat native Chase Leland's charges being dropped was the CHAT News top story for the week of Jan. 18 to Jan. 24.
Poilievre ends bid for Tory leadership citing desire to spend time with daughter
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre is bowing out of his party's leadership race. Poilievre says he is overwhelmed by the support he received as he built a campaign to replace Andrew Scheer. But...
Jan 23, 2020
Hat MP's petition to stop feds from banning "military assault-style rifles" gaining steam
Medicine Hat, AB - Tens of thousands of Canadians have signed Medicine Hat MP Glen Motz's petition asking the federal government not to ban "military assault-style rifles." Motz's says such a ban woul...
Jan 20, 2020 Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner MP Glen Motz. (Photo CHAT News)
Newfoundland reeling in wake of monster blizzard that buried St. John’s
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Canada's federal government is working on mobilizing the Armed Forces to help Newfoundland and Labrador dig out from the monster blizzard that paralyzed eastern regions of the provi...
Jan 19, 2020
Supreme Court dismisses B.C.'s appeal in Trans Mountain pipeline case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada shut down British Columbia's move to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta. B.C. was appealing to the country's highest c...
Jan 16, 2020
Peter MacKay confirms his intention to seek Conservative party leadership
OTTAWA - Former Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay says he's in the running for leadership of the federal Conservatives.He posted the message to his social media accounts Wednesday, his first ...
Jan 15, 2020
PM speaks at Edmonton memorial for crash victims
Edmonton, AB - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's been ``gut-wrenching'' to listen to stories from the families of 57 Canadians who perished in the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner in Iran last we...
Jan 12, 2020