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Clark, Gejdos added to round out Cubs 2019-20 coaching staff
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A year of change on the bench continues for the Medicine Hat Cubs, adding two new faces as assistant coaches ahead of the pre-season.Joining the black and orange this year are a pai...
Sep 09, 2019 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin
Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now 'dead'
WASHINGTON - U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now "dead," President Donald Trump declared Monday, two days after he abruptly cancelled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan lea...
Sep 09, 2019
Devils GM doesn't care if Zacha considers signing with KHL
BUFFALO, N.Y. - New Jersey Devils general manager Ray Shero says he is still attempting to sign centre Pavel Zacha amid concerns the former first-round draft pick will play in the Kontinental Hockey L...
Sep 09, 2019
Anti-diversity op-ed should never have run in Vancouver Sun: Calgary professor
CALGARY - A journalism professor says the controversy over an anti-diversity opinion piece published in - and then pulled online from - the Vancouver Sun has nothing to do with freedom of express...
Sep 09, 2019
Federal candidates talk guns
Medicine Hat, AB - With the federal election call just days away, what local issues will be front and centre has yet to be determined.One issue which has been a live one in the past has been gun laws....
Sep 09, 2019 Photo courtesy Alex McCuaig - Trap Club member Harold Schwandt shoots clays on Saturday Sept. 7, 2019.
Provincial mandate forcing Medicine Hat School Division to cut 'public' from legal name
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Public school divisions in Alberta have been mandated by the province to drop the word 'public' from their legal titles, including the local Medicine Hat Public School Division.Last...
Sep 09, 2019 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin
QB Chris Streveler leads Blue Bombers over Roughriders to maintain first in West
WINNIPEG - Willie Jefferson didn't want to break a promise to his mother. When the Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive lineman sacked Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo on Saturday and forc...
Sep 09, 2019
Eagle Butte High School modernization entering stretch drive
DUNMORE, AB - It's been a long wait for students and staff at Eagle Butte High School, navigating through construction areas and workers.Most of that work will come to an end soon however, as the Eagl...
Sep 09, 2019 Photo courtesy of Bob Schneider
19 Slams: Nadal stops Medvedev comeback bid to win US Open
NEW YORK - Rafael Nadal's 19th Grand Slam trophy went from inevitable to suddenly in doubt in a thrill-a-minute U.S. Open final. What had all the makings of a casual crowning morphed into a grueling c...
Sep 09, 2019
Bianca Andreescu's historic win celebrated across Canada
Canadians cheered Bianca Andreescu at viewing parties, sports bars and even at the Toronto International Film Festival as she made sports history on Saturday. Fans were rapt as the 19-year-old from Mi...
Sep 09, 2019