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Nominations open for Co-op board of directors
MEDICINE HAT, AB - South Country Co-op is looking for three people to join its board of directors.All positions are for three-year terms.The nomination packages must be received by Jan. 29 at 4:30 p.m...
Dec 30, 2020
Wearable tech a defence against COVID-19 in world junior tournament "bubble"
What looks like a thin pack of gum is attached to Braden Schneider's event credential at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. It's a beacon providing both contact-tracing capability shoul...
Dec 30, 2020
First COVID-19 vaccine administered to long-term care resident in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta has given the first long-term care resident the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Medicine Hat.Premier Jason Kenney tweeted the news on Wednesday morning.Alberta has just given ou...
Dec 30, 2020
A low-key Memphis guitar legend builds on musical legacy
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It's 1966 and a thunderstorm illuminates the night sky in Memphis, Tennessee. Two Stax Records musicians, guitarist Steve Cropper and singer Eddie Floyd, sit in a room inside the Lorr...
Dec 30, 2020
Alberta RCMP police dogs captured over 900 suspects in 2020
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Who's a good boy? These K-9 detectives are!Alberta RCMP says their Police Dog Service (PDS) has been busy in 2020 even with COVID-19 restrictions impacting some aspects of their work....
Dec 30, 2020
Quebec Liberal vacationing down south called home by party leader as criticism mounts
Quebec Liberal member Pierre Arcand is being asked to return home amid mounting criticism over his decision to vacation in the Caribbean. A spokesperson for Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade confirmed ...
Dec 30, 2020
Police encourage residents to download mobile app
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Police are encouraging residents to download their mobile app and have had tremendous success thus far says Insp. Brent Secondiak.Police have been working on the app fo...
Dec 30, 2020
Veteran offensive lineman Jemarcus Hardrick staying with Bombers
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed American offensive lineman Jermarcus Hardrick to a one-year extension. The six-foot-five, 320-pound Nebraska product will be entering his seventh CFL s...
Dec 30, 2020
Being Judy Garland won Zellweger an Oscar. Is a Grammy next?
NEW YORK - Rene Zellweger is known for acting but you could easily write a thesis about her love for music. The entertainer won her second Academy Award for portraying Judy Garland in last year's "Jud...
Dec 30, 2020
Study of virus screening at concert reports zero infections
BARCELONA, Spain - The organizers of an indoor music festival in Barcelona to test the effectiveness of same-day coronavirus screening said Wednesday that preliminary results indicate there was zero t...
Dec 30, 2020