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PEI Progressive Conservatives jump to majority status with byelection win
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's governing Progressive Conservatives have won a crucial byelection that will transform their minority government into a slim majority. With the election of Zack B...
Nov 02, 2020
Finding replacement staff due to COVID-19 not an issue yet, says Prairie Rose School Division
DUNMORE, AB- With more cases of COVID-19 being identified in schools, the Prairie Rose School Division says finding replacement staff for teachers that are self-isolating has not posed to be much of a...
Nov 02, 2020
Parks pop wars: Alberta politicians use duelling tunes to make parks arguments
EDMONTON - Alberta politicians are reaching deep into pop music's memory bank hoping that their messages about the province's parks stick in people's ears.The United Conservative government released a...
Nov 02, 2020
Medicine Hat Christmas favourites will go ahead this year
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A pair of Medicine Hat Christmas-time traditions will go ahead this year, but as with almost everything this year they will be modified and scaled-down. Midnight Madness will be dow...
Nov 02, 2020
Purple ribbons help bring community together against family violence
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Women's Shelter Society has big plans to raise awareness and encourage people to speak up against family violence.November is Family Violence Prevention Month, whic...
Nov 02, 2020
Red Hat Co-op now identifying as Big Marble Farms
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It was 54 years ago when Red Hat Co-op was established by a group of southern Alberta greenhouse growers.But changes are happening, as the Red Hat brand is now being transitioned in...
Nov 02, 2020
Bandits sign Ozzy Wiesblatt and Jake Neighbours on loan from WHL
BROOKS, AB - The Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) have signed two 1st Round NHL Draft Picks, on loan from their respective Western Hockey League (WHL) teams, the club announce...
Nov 02, 2020
Burgeoning Stu Sells series an important part of curling calendar
A visit to the High Park Club during the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard is like the curling equivalent of seeing your favourite band in a small club and then chatting up the musicians afterwards over a few...
Nov 02, 2020
In an unforgettable year, Americans brace for impact as a seismic election day looms
WASHINGTON, Wash. - George Washington's "last great experiment" faces an existential test beginning Tuesday as the polarized voters of an energized, outraged and well-armed body politic finish their d...
Nov 02, 2020
Macaroni and breath mints: pandemic puts strange things in N.L. Halloween bags
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Boxes of Kraft Dinner. Erasers. A fistful of loose mints. These are just some of the unorthodox treats that landed in kids' trick-or-treat bags in Newfoundland and Labrador this Hal...
Nov 02, 2020