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EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn't called Pennsylvania
WHY AP HASN'T CALLED PENNSYLVANIA: The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, because there were roughly 1 million votes left to be counted Wednesday aft...
Nov 04, 2020
Oregon leads the way in decriminalizing hard drugs
SALEM, Ore. - In a first in the nation, Oregon has rejected charging drug users with criminal offences, with voters passing a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of heroin, methamphetamine, ...
Nov 04, 2020
Post-election vote tallying raises fresh security concerns
WASHINGTON - Election Day came and went without any overt signs of foreign interference affecting the vote, but that doesn't mean the risk has faded. A prolonged vote-tallying period in swing states r...
Nov 04, 2020
In virus era, bubbles provide game-changing lessons learned
The NBA wants to be back in December. The NHL is aiming at games resuming in January. Baseball's spring training may begin in February, like normal. They almost certainly won't be in bubbles if and wh...
Nov 04, 2020
Rattlers disappointed, but understanding to see winter season axed
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Jordan Biggar's wait to play his first game in a Medicine Hat College Rattlers uniform will have to last a little while longer.The Australian basketball player is one of dozens of s...
Nov 04, 2020
Debut of Chinese e-finance giant derailed by fear of risks
BEIJING - The world's biggest online finance company was racing toward a stock market debut when it was derailed by Beijing's anxiety about risks in the fledgling industry, jarring global investors an...
Nov 04, 2020
Dr. Hinshaw discusses federal non-medical cloth mask recommendation
MEDICINE HAT, AB - If you are wearing a non-medical mask, Canada's top doctor is recommending it should be 3-ply with a filter in the middle.Dr. Theresa Tam made the comments during her update on Tues...
Nov 04, 2020
U.S. could learn from elections in other countries including Canada: expert
The United States could have avoided the "crippling political paralysis" it is experiencing if it had a central elections administrator like in other democracies, says an American professor who teache...
Nov 04, 2020
School jurisdictions experience a drop in student enrolment
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A decrease in student enrolment numbers is a trend school jurisdictions across the province are experiencing due to COVID-19.That's according to Mark Davidson Superintendent of Medi...
Nov 04, 2020
Inslee wins third term, voters weigh in on sex ed
Gov. Jay Inslee's attempt to win a third term and an effort to repeal a statewide sex-education requirement for public school students top Washington state's general election ballot. Here is a summary...
Nov 04, 2020