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Youth worker, hockey coach one of Alberta's latest COVID-19 victims
HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - The wife of a northern Alberta man who died this week of complications due to COVID-19 says he will be remembered as a loving father and someone who cared for youth in his commun...
Mar 31, 2020
WRSD submits 3-year capital plan and closes Eldorado School
The Wildrose School Division held its Board meeting electronically on March 24.The Board of Trustees reviewed the 2021-2024 Three Year Capital Plan and approved it for submission. The plan included tw...
Mar 31, 2020
MLAs recalled to debate emergency legislation
Alberta MLAs are back in the Legislature today to deal with emergency legislation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, how to support Albertans and the economic future of the province."Our government und...
Mar 31, 2020 CHAT News File Photo
'It is brutal': Hollywood's rank-and-file on the pandemic
LOS ANGELES - The red carpets are rolled up in storage, the A-listers holed up in mansions, multiplex doors are closed. For now, at least, the coronavirus has shut down much of Hollywood. And for the ...
Mar 31, 2020
Man, woman found dead near Sundre home
An investigation by the RCMP Major Crimes unit is underway into the deaths of two people whose bodies were found last weekend near a rural home near Sundre. Sundre RCMP located the bodies of a 35-year...
Mar 31, 2020
McConnell: Impeachment 'diverted attention' from coronavirus
WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump's impeachment trial distracted the federal government from paying attention to the novel coronavirus as it reached the U...
Mar 31, 2020
Father of Humboldt Bronco disappointed Saskatchewan has relaxed trucking rules
REGINA - A father whose son was killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash says he's worried Saskatchewan's move to relax some trucking rules during the COVID-19 outbreak may me...
Mar 31, 2020
Federal government strikes new contracts for PPE: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is ramping up efforts to provide and stockpile necessary medical equipment as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. New contracts have been struck with and handful...
Mar 31, 2020
Stocks drift, still headed to worst quarter since 2008
NEW YORK - Stocks are drifting in subdued trading Tuesday, a rare calm day in what is likely to be Wall Street's worst quarter of performance since the 2008 financial crisis. The S&P 500 is close ...
Mar 31, 2020
Telus Mobility customers again experiencing service issues
UPDATE: Telus reported at 10:59 a.m. that service has been restored across the province."Earlier today, we experienced a service outage in parts of Western Canada. affecting wireless services and some...
Mar 31, 2020