Author Archives:
Downtown businesses team up to help family after house fire
Medicine Hat, AB - This past weekend, a single mother and her three children were victims of a house fire in Crescent Heights. "They had been there less than a month and they had no renters insurance ...
Oct 30, 2019
Man charged with promoting hatred has case adjourned to November
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat man charged with promoting hatred will wait longer before going to trial.Loki Hulgaard's case appeared in Medicine Hat Provincial Court, where a date for trial was ex...
Oct 30, 2019 Medicine Hat Provincial Court
Provincial injection into apprenticeship program applauded by aspiring tradespeople
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Amidst news of various cuts in last week's provincial budget, money is being earmarked for Alberta students pursuing careers in the trades.Students like Janick Lacroix, who is in hi...
Oct 30, 2019 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin
Police reminding Hatters to be safe on Halloween
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Superheroes, princesses, ghosts and monsters will be out in full force Thursday night, going trick-or-treating in Medicine Hat neighbourhoods on Halloween.The Medicine Hat Police Se...
Oct 30, 2019 Jack O Lantern- Dreamstime stock image Denys Kovtun
Google falls short on third-quarter profit
SAN FRANCISCO - Google parent company Alphabet reported mixed third-quarter results Monday, beating analyst expectations for revenue but falling short on profits. The stock fell more than 2% in after-...
Oct 30, 2019
North Carolina judges block current congressional map
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina judges on Monday blocked the state's congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections, ruling that voters had a strong likelihood of winning a lawsuit that argued...
Oct 30, 2019
Apple overcomes iPhone slump with strong fiscal 4Q showing
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple is still running a well-oiled moneymaking machine despite cooling demand for its hottest product, the iPhone. Sales and revenue in the July-September quarter exceeded analyst est...
Oct 30, 2019
AUPE members not happy with proposed wage cuts from province
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The union that represents more than 90,000 workers in Alberta say they are angry about proposed cuts to wages for public sector employees.On Tuesday, Finance Minister Travis Toews a...
Oct 30, 2019 Susan Slade (centre) with the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees leads a rally at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital on October 28, 2019. - Photo by Ross Lavigne
Calgary Stampeders look to get ground game going for CFL playoffs
CALGARY - When the weather outside is frightful, football teams need to be able to run the ball. Looking beyond Saturday's regular-season finale in Vancouver where Mother Nature won't m...
Oct 30, 2019
Canadian Olympian Newman drops misdemeanour charges against Steelers linebacker
UNIONTOWN, Pa. - Misdemeanour charges have been dropped against a Pittsburgh Steelers backup linebacker who had been accused of injuring his girlfriend, Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman,&nb...
Oct 30, 2019