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92-year-old Vin Scully hospitalized after fall at home
LOS ANGELES - Retired Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully has been hospitalized after falling at his Los Angeles-area home. The team says the 92-year-old fell Tuesday and was taken to the hospi...
Apr 23, 2020
2020 Calgary Stampede cancelled amid COVID-19 concerns
This year's Calgary Stampede has been cancelled.The Stampede says on its website that it is unable to host this year's event because the province has banned all gatherings of over 15 people and that t...
Apr 23, 2020 Photo: CHAT News
Online conspiracy theorists twist singer's COVID-19 death
CHICAGO - Conspiracy theorists are twisting facts online about country singer Joe Diffie's death from COVID-19 complications in order to promote their claims that health officials are exaggerating the...
Apr 23, 2020
Trump envoy to Canada defends pause in World Health Organization funding
OTTAWA - Donald Trump's envoy to Canada is defending the U.S. president's controversial decision to temporarily stop funding the World Health Organization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acting ambassad...
Apr 23, 2020
Brooks resident charged, issued $1,200 fine for non-compliance with self-quarantine
BROOKS, AB - RCMP in Brooks have issued a non-compliance ticket to a resident required to be in self-quarantine within his home. This is the first such ticket issued in the city.The 19-year-old male w...
Apr 23, 2020 CHAT News File Photo
'Fact' two Canadian planes left China empty, says minister after China denial
OTTWAWA, Ont. - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says today it is a matter of "fact" that two Canadian planes left China empty of supplies this week. Champagne was commenting ...
Apr 23, 2020
How one of Canada's worst mass killings unfolded across northern Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The first thing Malcolm Ryan noticed were the fires. Ryan, 81, looked out his bedroom window at about 11:15 p.m. Saturday and across the Portapique River, where he saw a wharf and, furt...
Apr 23, 2020
Flood costs in Canada could nearly triple by 2030 with no mitigation
OTTAWA - A new analysis of flood risks suggests the yearly bills from overflowing rivers and rising seas could nearly triple by 2030 if Canada doesn't do more to improve flood protectio...
Apr 23, 2020
COVID-19 wreaking havoc on Canada's hospitality industry, MPs told
OTTAWA - The House of Commons finance committee is hearing stark details about the carnage the COVID-19 pandemic is causing for restaurants and hotels in Canada. Restaurant operator Andrew Oliver...
Apr 23, 2020
Canada Post seeing “Christmas-level” parcel volumes
It might take a little longer than expected to get your parcel, but it's because Canada Post is seeing a record level of deliveries for the springtime.They reported that, on Monday, April 20, they del...
Apr 23, 2020 Canadian Press File Photo