Medical episode results in cancellation of Hamilton TV station’s newscast

A Hamilton television station cancelled their early evening newscast on Friday night (Oct. 4) for what they are saying was “a medical episode.”

Hamilton’s CHCH TV announced around 5:49 p.m. on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) that, due to unforeseen circumstances, they would not be airing their 6 p.m. newscast.

A little more than half an hour later in an update, the station announced it would broadcast its 11 p.m. news program.

“Our news team was affected by a medical emergency this evening,” said the updated tweet at 6:26 p.m. “Our team has opted to not produce the 6 p.m. news, but we will broadcast at 11 p.m.

“Thank you for your support and understanding.”

No further explanation was given as to what the medical episode was.

“We apologize for the inconvenience,” said CHCH TV.