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Prosecutors oppose release of Quebec woman accused of mailing poison to Donald Trump
Prosecutors in the United States say a Canadian woman accused of sending poisoned letters to President Donald Trump is too dangerous to be released. In a memo filed with the Washington D.C. district c...
Nov 02, 2020

Canada's alpine ski team navigates complex decisions to race this winter
Erik Read wants to "stay positive, test negative" on the longest road trip of his life. Valerie Grenier just completed her second quarantine at home in three months. Canada's alpine ski racers are tra...
Nov 02, 2020

Positive COVID-19 case confirmed at Crescent Heights High School; outbreak declared at Crestwood School
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A student has tested positive for COVID-19 at Crescent Heights High School and an outbreak has been declared at Crestwood School. A letter sent to Crestwood parents says "Alberta He...
Nov 02, 2020

COVID-19 outbreak at Eastbrook Elementary School in Brooks
BROOKS, AB - In-person Kindergarten classes at Eastbrook Elementary School in Brooks have been temporarily postponed after the school was placed on outbreak status by Alberta Health Services.A COVID-1...
Nov 02, 2020

No budget yet for Liberals' promise to plant two billion trees by 2030
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's massive tree-planting promise from the 2019 election has yet to be allocated a single dime. Trudeau pledged a year ago that the government would plant tw...
Nov 02, 2020

Canadian soldier killed in Netherlands in Second World War identified
OTTAWA - The Defence Department says it's identified remains of a Canadian soldier buried in a cemetery in the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War. Trooper Henry George Johnston's identit...
Nov 02, 2020

Bruised and haunted, US holds tight as 2020 campaigns close
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Just over her mask, Patra Okelo's eyes brimmed with tears when she recalled the instant that a truth about America dawned and her innocence burned away. One moment on Aug. 11, 2...
Nov 02, 2020

US construction spending up again, rises 0.3% in September
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. construction spending rose 0.3% in September, the fourth straight monthly gain after a coronavirus-caused spring swoon, although a smaller gain than analysts had expected. Th...
Nov 02, 2020

Blanchet seeks to drive values wedge between Quebec and Trudeau government
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is doubling down on efforts to draw a line separating his party's values and those of the Trudeau Liberals, particularly on the fraught ground of fre...
Nov 02, 2020

Medicine Hat police searching for woman last seen leaving hospital on Halloween
UPDATE from MHPS at 1:27 p.m.: Amber Drain, who was the subject of a missing person report, has been found and is safe. The Medicine Hat Police thanks the public for their attention with this matter.-...
Nov 02, 2020