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Fed approves expansion of state and local support program
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has approved an expansion of its $500 billion emergency program to support state and local governments. The expansion will allow all states to have at least two cities...
Jun 03, 2020
Meng hearing schedule to expand; lawyers ask for 'referee' in case
VANCOUVER - Legal arguments at the B.C. Supreme Court in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou may stretch into next year. Crown lawyer Robert Frater told the court...
Jun 03, 2020
Annual Garden Tour cancelled
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The flowers will still bloom and the gardens will no doubt be as beautiful as ever but the 2020 Annual Garden Tour will not take place.The Medicine Hat & District Horticultural ...
Jun 03, 2020
Pilgrim’s Pride CEO among indicted for chicken price fixing
The CEO of Pilgrim's Pride is one of four current and former chicken company executives indicted Wednesday on charges of price-fixing. The U.S. Department of Justice said a federal grand jury in Color...
Jun 03, 2020
Subban donates US$50K to charity for George Floyd's daughter, says NHL matched
New Jersey Devils defenceman P.K. Subban says he's donated US$50,000 to a GoFundMe page set up for George Floyd's daughter, and that the NHL has matched the pledge. Subban announced the donation in a ...
Jun 03, 2020
More Arctic politicians join call for RCMP to wear body cameras in Nunavut
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The mayor of Iqaluit is joining other Arctic leaders calling for RCMP members in Nunavut to wear body cameras. Kenny Bell says in a release that cameras would make law enforcem...
Jun 03, 2020
Pandemic axes Sun Devils, Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League season
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Junior lacrosse is the latest sport to be wiped off the local sporting calendar following the cancellation of the 2020 Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League season.RMLL president Duane Bra...
Jun 03, 2020
Active-duty troops deployed to DC region start to leave
WASHINGTON - Active-duty troops brought in to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation's capitol are beginning to return to their home base, after two days of more peaceful demonstrations in...
Jun 03, 2020
Nation's streets calmest in days; police credit curfews
MINNEAPOLIS - Protesters marched on Wednesday in peaceful pleas to end police brutality, after a calmer night in cities across America void of the violence of recent days, as demonstrators heightened ...
Jun 03, 2020
Garneau expands required use of face masks on planes, trains, ships and transit
OTTAWA - Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is expanding the required use of face coverings on planes, trains, ships and transit to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Effective at noon on Thursd...
Jun 03, 2020