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Raptors Uprising down Nets GC to improve to 7-0 in NBA 2K league esports play
TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC continued its perfect start to the NBA 2K League esports season, sweeping Nets GC in its best-of-three series Friday to improve to 7-0. The Raptors raced out to an e...
Jun 05, 2020
Implementation of Divorce Act reforms delayed eight months by pandemic
OTTAWA - Highly anticipated reforms to Canadian divorce law have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reforms were to have gone into effect on July 1 but Justice Minister David Lametti say...
Jun 05, 2020
Feelings of hope and joy at Medicine Hat Black Lives Matter protest
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Chants of "No Justice, No Peace" rang through downtown Medicine Hat just after 4 p.m. on Friday during the Black Lives Matter protest in the city.Protesters said the names of some o...
Jun 05, 2020
Nunavut to bring in civilian police review after arrest video: minister
Nunavut is planning its own civilian police review agency over concerns that Inuit are too often treated badly by RCMP. "I will commit to taking action on a civilian-led investigation for se...
Jun 05, 2020
Mixed reaction to decriminalization of some impaired driving offences
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The move in Alberta to decriminalize some aspects of impaired driving in an effort reduce the offence may seem counter-intuitive but legislation to do just that is being supported b...
Jun 05, 2020
Police investigating motor vehicle collision in the Flats
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat police are currently on scene of a motor vehicle collision in the Flats.Motorists and members of the public avoid the area of Woodman Avenue SE and Fifth Street SE as t...
Jun 05, 2020
Medicine Hat residents enjoying staycations at Gas City Campground
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The first week of camping is in the books for those wanting to get out of the house and enjoy the great outdoors.And while it looks like a normal weekend, there have been some chang...
Jun 05, 2020
'We must demand change:' Canada's first black police chief supports demonstrations
WINNIPEG - Canada's first black police chief says he will be joining people to shine a light of hope "into the darkness of this moment" as anti-racism demonstrations take place around the world. "We m...
Jun 05, 2020
US will allow limited flights by Chinese airlines, not a ban
The Trump administration said Friday it will let Chinese airlines operate a limited number of flights to the U.S., backing down from a threat to ban the flights. The decision came one day after China ...
Jun 05, 2020
French forces kill al-Qaida's North African commander
BAMAKO, Mali - French forces have killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al-Qaida's North Africa affiliate, the France's defence minister announced late Friday, in what would be a major victory for...
Jun 05, 2020