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Province tops 100,000 positive COVID-19 tests, 63 active cases in city
The number of active COVID-19 cases is slowly rising in Medicine Hat.There are 63 active cases in the city Wednesday's online update, up from 60 on Tuesday. The city now has had 462 total cases - the ...
Dec 30, 2020
Restaurants, Hatters turn to takeout on New Year's Eve
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Most celebrations in 2020 were either cancelled, postponed or held in alternative ways. It's only fitting that celebrations to say goodbye to the year will be the same.New Year's Ev...
Dec 30, 2020
Police probing possible connection between classic car thefts
MEDICINE HAT, AB - City police have been hearing from the owners of classic vehicles in Medicine Hat after the theft of two classic cars in the city this month.In both cases, the vehicles were taken a...
Dec 30, 2020
Longtime Bruins captain Chara joins Washington Capitals
WASHINGTON - Longtime Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara signed with the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, a stunning move less than a week before most NHL teams open training camp. Chara agreed to ter...
Dec 30, 2020
St-Pierre still thinks about fighting again but the thought usually doesn't last long
At 39, former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre still looks like he just walked off the cover of a fitness magazine. And the competitive juices still flow, despite the fact the native of St-Isidore, Que....
Dec 30, 2020
Iran allocates payment for downing Ukraine plane, but Ottawa says no offer yet
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran l...
Dec 30, 2020
Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan
The Census Bureau plans to announce it will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats. That delay could undermine President Donald Trump's efforts to exc...
Dec 30, 2020
Travellers will need a negative COVID test before landing in Canada
The federal government says it plans to require travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before landing in Canada.Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says cabinet ministers decided this...
Dec 30, 2020
The name game: A few athletes primed for breakouts in '21
For some, the sky's the limit, which also just happens to be the title of the book written by 12-year-old British skateboarder Sky Brown. For others, it's no stretch that big things appear ahead. Exhi...
Dec 30, 2020
AHL still targeting Feb. 5 as start date for upcoming season
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American Hockey League remains on course to start its season in early February. What that actually looks like in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic remains to be seen. AHL pr...
Dec 30, 2020