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Ex-Canucks head coach Travis Green to lead Canada at Spengler Cup
CALGARY - Travis Green is getting back behind the bench. The former Vancouver Canucks head coach has been tabbed to lead Canada's entry at the annual Spengler Cup tournament later this month. Green wi...
Dec 15, 2022
No guarantees, but expert says search of landfill for women's remains may succeed
WINNIPEG - In 2002, investigators started a massive search of Robert Pickton's pig farm in British Columbia and eventually found the remains of several women. Twenty years later, the lead forensic ant...
Dec 15, 2022
Real estate board recaps 2022 housing market
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The next head of the Medicine Hat Real Estate Board says 2022 has been an interesting year for the housing market.Matt Teel, president-elect of the board for 2023, says it was a slo...
Dec 15, 2022
Respiratory illnesses surge beyond pre-pandemic numbers in Nunavut
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut health officials say there has been a surge of respiratory illnesses across the territory this year. Dr. Sean Watchel, the territory's chief public health officer, says case...
Dec 15, 2022
Unified MMA closes in on half-century of shows with three fight cards in 15 days
TORONTO - Sunny Sareen is a busy man these days. The Unified MMA president is in the midst of putting on three fight cards in 15 days, a run that started Dec. 2 with Unified MMA 47 in Calgary. "An amb...
Dec 15, 2022
Noon Interview: Mark Ward Dec. 15
MEDICINE HAT, AB - For the first time in a long time the Esplanade will be filled with the sounds of the Medicine Hat Concert Band Society's traditional Christmas show on Saturday evening.Called Chris...
Dec 15, 2022
Liberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is seeking to delay the expansion of Canada's assisted-dying regime to include people whose sole underlying conditions are mental disorders. Justice Minister David Lame...
Dec 15, 2022
Escaped inmate sentenced to life for the 'cold-blooded' murder of a B.C. man
VANCOUVER - Friends and relatives of murder victim Martin Payne say they are haunted by the actions of "two selfish, reckless" people who chose their victim because his home was near the prison where ...
Dec 15, 2022
MPs put discussion of gun bill on pause for holidays amid concern over hunting rifles
OTTAWA - MPs studying the government's proposed definition of an assault-style firearm will resume talks next month about whether to hear from additional witnesses amid concerns the change would ban s...
Dec 15, 2022
EU approves new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine war
BRUSSELS (AP) - The European Union said it approved a new package of sanctions Thursday aimed at ramping up pressure on Russia for its war in Ukraine. The package, whose details have not been revealed...
Dec 15, 2022