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AgSmart 2020 cancelled at Olds College
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Government of Alberta's mass gathering restrictions, AgSmart 2020 has been cancelled. After a successful launch in 2019, AgSmart officials say they are dis...
Apr 28, 2020
No concern about food shortages, when you can buy direct from Alberta farms
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - It's still several months further along on the calendar, but Alberta Agriculture is cautiously optimistic that Alberta Open Farm Days will take place on August 15 and 16.With that in...
Apr 28, 2020 Farm produce -- photo credit Alberta Open Farms
OHS inspection of Brooks meat plant done by video days before employee death
BROOKS, AB - Nearly a week before the province announced the death of a JBS employee an OHS inspection was done remotely and not in person, CHAT News Today is reporting.In a statement, the province co...
Apr 28, 2020 (file photo/ CHAT NEWS Today)
Ryan Murphy's 'Hollywood' miniseries is a woke '40s fantasy
LOS ANGELES - Ryan Murphy has a clear-eyed fascination with the 20th-century Hollywood dream machine, so adroit at making stars and breaking the hearts of those who didn't fit the mould. Among the cas...
Apr 28, 2020
Thierry Henry trusts his Impact players will be in shape when MLS returns
Montreal Impact manager Thierry Henry is counting on his players to be ready when, or if, the 2020 Major League Soccer season returns. The Frenchman didn't want to speculate on when MLS would resume i...
Apr 28, 2020
Child abuse reporting on the decline during pandemic
The Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre (CACAC) is joining their provincial counterparts in stressing the "moral and legal obligations" Albertans have in reporting child abuse during the COVID-19 pa...
Apr 28, 2020
Complex challenges mean mandatory COVID-19 vaccine unlikely: experts
OTTAWA - Experts say the likelihood of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine becoming mandatory is slim. That's despite a desire by many Canadians to make sure as many people get vaccinated as p...
Apr 28, 2020
Trump to sign order keeping meat processing plants open
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because of the coronavirus. The o...
Apr 28, 2020
Manitoba premier says sports 'back of the pack' as province plans reopening
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says big public events, including professional sports, will be on the back burner when the province announces plans to reopen sectors of its economy that we...
Apr 28, 2020
WATCH: Province gives northern Alberta flooding update
Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon will be joined by local and emergency officials to provide an update on the flooding situation in northern Alberta.A news conference is scheduled for 1:30 p....
Apr 28, 2020 Flood water advances toward the Ptarmigan trailer court in the Waterways neighbourhood in Fort McMurray, Alta. on Sunday, April 26, 2020. (Greg Halinda / THE CANADIAN PRESS)