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Coroner to feds: Take action on B.C. overdose epidemic like with pandemic
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has recorded the highest number of illicit drug overdose deaths in a single month, prompting the chief corner to say the federal government should take bold acti...
Jun 11, 2020

Medicine Hat Public Library reopening next month
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Public Library is planning their reopening next month, but will be starting small.On July 6th the doors will open with new additions like plexiglass shields, signag...
Jun 11, 2020

Heat warning in effect for southeastern Alberta
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The southeast corner of the province is under a heat warning this afternoon, as the mercury is expected to rise to 32 C in the next 24 hours.Overnight won't offer much relief, eithe...
Jun 11, 2020

Court rules Manitoba's public-sector wage-freeze bill violates Charter
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba court has struck down key parts of a provincial government bill aimed at freezing the wages of public-sector workers. Queen's Bench Justice Joan McKelvey says the bill is draconi...
Jun 11, 2020

Court: Michigan Great Lakes tunnel deal constitutional
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that legislators did not violate the state constitution by allowing construction of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking...
Jun 11, 2020

Kipling and Spencer streets to be closed for months
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Users of Kipling Street and Spencer Street will need to find a new route beginning June 17.The road will be closed to through traffic from Kingsway Avenue to College Avenue as the c...
Jun 11, 2020

Statistics Canada asks parents to share their COVID-19 experiences
OTTAWA - If you are a parent whose friends and family are tired of hearing you vent about the challenges of juggling work and child-rearing during COVID-19, the federal statistics agency wan...
Jun 11, 2020

CFL players take to twitter to express their frustration with Ambrosie
Brian Ramsay and the CFL Players' Association have run out of patience with commissioner Randy Ambrosie. Ramsay, the CFLPA's executive director, and a host of CFL players took to twitter Thursday...
Jun 11, 2020

EA Sports providing sound at fill empty soccer stadiums in England, Spain
The fans may be missing but their voices will be heard as Spain's LaLiga and England's Premier League get back on the pitch. Broadcasters have been working with EA Sports, using audio from its FIFA vi...
Jun 11, 2020

Historical figures under attack after George Floyd's death
The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd's death has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists and explorers around the wo...
Jun 11, 2020