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Emergency protection order debate in House as rare as sage grouse
Medicine Hat, AB - Little has been said during Parliamentary debate regarding the federal government's decision to issue an emergency protection order for the sage grouse in 2013, affecting oil operat...
Sep 20, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Calgary Zoo
No Britney Spears, no decisions made at closed court hearing
LOS ANGELES - A hearing Wednesday on the future of the court conservatorship that for 11 years has controlled the money and affairs of Britney Spears ended with no decisions made and no appearance fro...
Sep 20, 2019
Former Charlie Rose makeup artist sues, alleging harassment
NEW YORK - The former chief makeup artist at Charlie Rose's interview show is suing him and saying the disgraced television journalist ran a "toxic work environment" for women. Gina Riggi says she wor...
Sep 20, 2019
Grits' campaign promise misses target says local gun range owner
Dunmore, AB - The owner of a local gun range says the Liberal campaign pledge to tackle gun crime is way off the mark, adding the target should be illegal firearms."I don't think it's going to do anyt...
Sep 20, 2019
Number of electric vehicle charging stations increasing in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations have been popping up around Medicine Hat, with at least nine in operation right now. Most Medicine Hat residents own gas powered vehicles, s...
Sep 20, 2019 Flo electric vehicle charger (Courtesy: Colton Mckee)
AP source: Joe Kennedy to challenge Sen. Markey in primary
BOSTON - Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a scion of one of America's most storied political families, is set to announce he will challenge U.S. Sen. Edward Markey in the state's Democratic pr...
Sep 20, 2019
Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his administration is revoking California's authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, a mov...
Sep 20, 2019
Elections Canada spending big on social media as part of voting information push
OTTAWA - Elections Canada is committing to some big social media ad buys as it seeks to inform citizens about how to exercise their democratic rights in the federal election. Over the last t...
Sep 20, 2019
Tekashi 6ix9ine recounts abduction for jury at NYC trial
NEW YORK - Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine described for a Manhattan jury Wednesday details from his life of crime with a violent street gang, including getting abducted at gunpoint amid a dispute between warr...
Sep 20, 2019
'A lot of emotions' for Hamblin as he enters final season in WHL
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The countdown is over, and the marathon begins.The Medicine Hat Tigers make their grand entrance into its 50th anniversary season on Friday night, battling the Lethbridge Hurricanes...
Sep 20, 2019 File Photo