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In South Africa, child homicides show violence 'entrenched'
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - At night, Amanda Zitho worries her little boy is shivering and cold in his coffin and yearns to take him a blanket. She knows Wandi's dead and gone and it's senseless, but th...
Dec 22, 2020

Performing in the pandemic, by zoom, drive-in and doorstep
NEW YORK - A good way to hear what we've missed this year is to listen to Sam Cooke's landmark live album, "Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963." On a warm January night in downtown Miami, Cooke was ...
Dec 22, 2020

Trump pardons 15, including Republican allies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned 15 people, including Republican allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a 2...
Dec 22, 2020

Liberals post call-out for candidates for next federal election
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are looking for candidates seeking to run for them in the next election, focusing on people who have been working to help their communities through the COVID-19 pandemic....
Dec 22, 2020

Trans-Canada Highway re-opened following afternoon rollover
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Police are asking motorists to exercise caution on area roads following a single-vehicle rollover on Thursday afternoon.According to police, emergency services were cal...
Dec 22, 2020

Three Hamilton Police Service officers stabbed, suffer serious injuries: police
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Police Service says three of its officers are being treated in hospital for stab wounds after responding to reports of an armed man in crisis on a city street.Const. Krista-Lee...
Dec 22, 2020

Train cars carrying crude oil derail, burn north of Seattle
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Seven train cars carrying crude oil derailed Tuesday and five caught fire north of Seattle close to the Canadian border, authorities said. The derailment occurred in the downtown C...
Dec 22, 2020

City crews getting the roads cleared for Christmas
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It'll be a white Christmas in Medicine Hat this year but the manager of municipal works is hoping the roads will at least be clear of snow for the holidays.Jeremy Petryshyn says the...
Dec 22, 2020

Medicine Hat's Ronald McDonald House serves over 20 families since summer opening
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Ronald McDonald House in Medicine Hat has served over 20 families since they opened on August 4 this year.The house works to help make families feel at home and comfortable whil...
Dec 22, 2020

Judge who visited protest teepee on Regina legislature grounds faces judicial review
REGINA - A judge who visited a Metis man at his protest camp on Saskatchewan's legislature grounds after ruling he was entitled to stay there is facing a review by his fellow judges. The Canadian Judi...
Dec 22, 2020