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Stolen property, vehicles recovered in Brooks
BROOKS, AB - Brooks RCMP recovered close to $20,000 worth of stolen goods and two stolen vehicles from separate locations in that city earlier this month.Two Brooks residents have been charged and pol...
Dec 21, 2022

Roughriders sign defensive back Nick Marshall to one-year extension
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed defensive back Nick Marshall to a one-year contract extension. Marshall set a Roughriders' record for interceptions returned for touchdowns last seaso...
Dec 21, 2022

Public safety minister hopes to table First Nations policing legislation in new year
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he hopes to introduce legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service in the new year. In a year-end interview with The Canadian ...
Dec 21, 2022

US sending $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will provide $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine, rolling out funding for a Patriot missile battery as Ukrainian President V...
Dec 21, 2022

Bone-chilling temperatures persist in Medicine Hat and across Alberta
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The entire province of Alberta as well as much of Saskatchewan and B.C. are under extreme cold warnings as bone-chilling temperatures persist in western Canada.Environment Canada sa...
Dec 21, 2022

Multi-medal day for Canada in World Cup ski cross
INNICHEN, Italy - Canadians collected three medals in World Cup ski cross Wednesday led by Reece Howden's silver in the men's races. Canadian men ranked second to fourth with Howden of Cultus Lake, B....
Dec 21, 2022

Canada moves to mandate electric vehicle sales starting in 2025
OTTAWA - One-fifth of all passenger cars, SUVs and trucks sold in Canada in 2026 will need to run on electricity under new regulations Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is proposing Wednesday. By...
Dec 21, 2022

Canada's population growing faster than it has in decades: StatCan
OTTAWA - As 2022 draws to a close, Canada's population has already grown more than in any other year since Confederation. Statistics Canada says the country's population grew by 362,453 people, or 0.9...
Dec 21, 2022

City Council expanding Fair Entry Program for low-income earners
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Low-income individuals and families in Medicine Hat are getting some help affording popular city programs.On Monday, City Council approved changes to the Fair Entry Program. It is b...
Dec 21, 2022

Hockey Canada picking up the pieces after disastrous, scandal-filled 2022
Hugh L. Fraser didn't have the nuts-and-bolts knowledge to coach his sons' hockey teams. He did, however, want to pitch in at the frigid rinks across eastern Ontario. "By the time my older boy finishe...
Dec 21, 2022