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Women's shelter focussed on bringing back fun on Halloween for victims of family violence
Medicine Hat, AB - Halloween is a time full of costumes, laughs, and candy. For some children though, those are the last things on their minds. That's why the Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society is f...
Oct 31, 2019 Pumpkins carved by the families at the Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society (Photo by Ross Lavigne)
Redblacks look to break 10-game losing streak in final contest of dismal season
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks are getting set to suit up one more time before closing out the most disappointing season in franchise history. The Redblacks (3-14) enter Friday's game ag...
Oct 31, 2019
Saskatchewan court dismisses school shooter's appeal of sentence
Saskatchewan's highest court has dismissed a sentencing appeal by a young man who fatally shot four people and wounded seven others in a northern community.The shooter was weeks shy of turning 18 when...
Oct 31, 2019 (File photo/The Canadian Press)
Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo misses practice with back injury
REGINA - Saskatchewan Roughriders star quarterback Cody Fajardo is questionable for Saturday's key season finale after pulling a muscle in his back at practice on Wednesday. Fajardo, named the team's ...
Oct 31, 2019
Gronkowski loving life after the NFL and getting back in touch with his own body
TORONTO - It took leaving the NFL for Rob Gronkowski to truly understand his own body. The tight end stunned football fans when he announced his retirement from the New England Patriots in M...
Oct 31, 2019
Electricity helping push dividend up for city
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The City of Medicine Hat is projecting significant profits from its energy department this year.According to documents presented at the city's Audit Committee Meeting, the city's En...
Oct 31, 2019 The City of Medicine Hat Power Plant - Photo by Colton McKee
Gnabry, Müller save Bayern from German Cup upset in Bochum
BERLIN - Serge Gnabry and Thomas Mller scored late to help Bayern Munich avoid an upset and beat second-division Bochum 2-1 in the German Cup on Tuesday. An own goal from Canadian teen Alphonso Davies...
Oct 31, 2019
Anger mounts as utility imposes more blackouts in California
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - With no electricity for the fourth straight day Tuesday, chef and caterer Jane Sykes realized she would have to throw out $1,000 worth of food, including trays of brownies, cupcak...
Oct 31, 2019
Judge declines to delay South Dakota execution
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A judge on Thursday denied a South Dakota inmate's request to delay his execution over concerns about the drug that the state plans to use. Charles Rhines, scheduled to die by leth...
Oct 31, 2019
MLB in Montreal: Bronfman sees 'another positive step' in quest to bring team back
MONTREAL - A recent admission from the office of the mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla. has put a big smile on the face of the man trying to bring a Major League Baseball team back to Montreal. On Wed...
Oct 31, 2019