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Inner Man Project receives $50 K provincial grant
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Inner Man Project Foundation based in Medicine Hat has received a substantial grant from the province.$50,000 will help support their mental health initiative in the community a...
Feb 23, 2021

Consultations on creating new coal policies launch March 29
The Alberta Government wants your help in deciding what the future of coal mining regulations in the province should look like.Last year, the province rescinded the 1976 Coal Policy, a law that protec...
Feb 23, 2021

Seniors 75+ can book COVID vaccine appointments Wednesday
More seniors in the province will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 shortly.Staff and residents of long-term care and designated supportive living facilities have already been eligible for se...
Feb 23, 2021

267 new COVID cases in Alberta, additional death in Medicine Hat
Alberta Health Services has released its update on COVID-19 for Tuesday, covering statistics compiled over the previous 24 hours.Medicine Hat has 21 active cases of COVID 19 and is reporting an additi...
Feb 23, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell makes third attempt at bail on sex charges
NEW YORK - Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite awaiting trial on charges that she recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, says she'll renounce her U.K. and French citizenship...
Feb 23, 2021

First-place Maple Leafs look to regroup after loss to Flames: 'We're not comfortable'
TORONTO - Sheldon Keefe and his Maple Leafs have a decent cushion atop the North Division. That doesn't mean Toronto is feeling comfortable 20 games into the NHL's pandemic-shortened season. "You're a...
Feb 23, 2021

No details: Alberta energy minister announces date for start of coal consultations
EDMONTON - Alberta says public consultations on coal mining will begin March 29 but there's no decision yet on how they will go ahead. "I have directed my department officials to bring forward a compr...
Feb 23, 2021

Police arrest man after Wyoming boy found dead in dumpster
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The boyfriend of a Wyoming woman whose 2-year-old son was found dead in an apartment complex dumpster has been arrested, police said Tuesday. Wyatt Lamb, 27, was taken into custody af...
Feb 23, 2021

Liberal cabinet minister Jean-Yves Duclos steps aside to recover from illness
OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos is stepping aside due to illness.Duclos says in a statement that he felt persistent chest pain over the past several days.He went to hospital on Sund...
Feb 23, 2021

Mars rover's giant parachute carried secret message
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The huge parachute used by NASA's Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Systems engineer Ian Clark used...
Feb 23, 2021