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Brooks Bandits BCHL playoff series shifts to West Kelowna
The Brooks Bandits will continue their first round BCHL playoff match up with a pair of games against the Warriors in West Kelowna.Splitting the first two game at the Centennial Regional Arena in Broo...
Apr 08, 2025
Medicine Hat unemployment unaffected despite high Alberta rates, jobs centre says
A Medicine Hat employment centre says local unemployment isn't rising along with Alberta's growth in rate, which was rated the highest in Canada for March.Krista Varner, manager at the YMCA of Southea...
Apr 08, 2025
Oddsmakers cool to suggestion of league-leading Winnipeg Jets winning Stanley Cup
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele is known as a "hockey nerd," whose understanding of the game has turned him into an elite NHL player. But the Winnipeg Jets star centre isn't losing sleep trying to figure ou...
Apr 08, 2025
Judge rejects new trials for 2 convicted of human smuggling in death of family of 4 from India
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday rejected requests for new trials for two men convicted on human smuggling charges in the deaths of four members of a family from India who froze to death ...
Apr 08, 2025
A Florida man is executed for killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on a lunch break
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of killing a Miami Herald employee who was abducted on her lunch break was executed Tuesday evening. Michael Tanzi received a lethal injection and was prono...
Apr 08, 2025
Alberta measles outbreak not dire enough to warrant public address; health minister
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta's measles outbreak isn't dire enough for the province's top doctor for public health to address the public, despite mounting calls for the government to d...
Apr 08, 2025
Octavio Dotel, who once held record of pitching for 13 major league teams, dies in DR roof collapse
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Octavio Dotel, who pitched for 13 major league teams in a 15-year career and won a world championship with the St. Louis Cardinals, was among the dead after a ...
Apr 08, 2025
Octavio Dotel, who once held record of pitching for 13 major league teams, dies in DR roof collapse
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - Octavio Dotel, who pitched for 13 major league teams in a 15-year career and won a world championship with the St. Louis Cardinals, was among the dead after a ...
Apr 08, 2025
Medicine Hat firefighters to camp out on rooftop for muscular dystrophy
Medicine Hat Firefighters will camp up on the roof of Fire Station #2 for the weekend starting Friday to fundraise for those who live with muscular dystrophy.The annual rooftop campout in support of M...
Apr 08, 2025
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner says guardianship law 'opaque,' lacks oversight
British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the province is the only place that she's aware of in Canada that allows people to be detained by the state without explicit legal authority, timeline...
Apr 08, 2025