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New provincial grant aims to set newcomers up for success
Non-profit organizations in the province that support newcomers who are building a new life in Alberta can apply for Alberta's Supports for Newcomer Integration grants.In a news release, the province ...
Dec 06, 2021
Canadian traveller forced to stay in quarantine facility after negative COVID-19 test
Lennard Skead says he felt like he'd been put in jail for a crime he didn't commit when he returned to Canada from South Africa on Thursday. Skead, who lives in Brandon, Man., said he wasn't allowed t...
Dec 06, 2021
Vigil to be held for National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women
MEDICINE HAT, AB-- Today marks 32 years since the L'Ecole Polytechnique Massacre in Montreal. Fourteen women were killed and 14 others were injured after being shot by an anti-feminist gunman on this ...
Dec 06, 2021
O'Toole mum on vaccination status of four absent Conservative MPs
OTTAWA - Four Conservative MPs have been absent from the House of Commons since it passed a motion tightening the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, with Leader Erin O'Toole refusing to say why. O...
Dec 06, 2021
Medicine Hat Cubs honour three former players at memorial game
MEDICINE HAT, AB - There were more stick taps than usual at an emotional Medicine Hat Cubs game on Sunday. The team paid tribute to three former players who have died by suicide, holding a memorial ga...
Dec 06, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases creep up in Medicine Hat, down province-wide
There are 72 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Monday.Medicine Hat has had 4,595 total cases - the 72 active, 4,445 recovered and there have been 78 deaths.There are 11 new cases in the city...
Dec 06, 2021
Santa Claus making visits to Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's the busy time of year at the North Pole but the big man in the red suit is still making time for kids in our community. Santa Claus himself was spotted at Kin Coulee Park on Su...
Dec 06, 2021
Military's water purification system up and running again in Iqaluit
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Canadian Armed Forces says its water purification system in Iqaluit is up and running again after it was down for two weeks. The military has been in the Nunavut capital of 8,00...
Dec 06, 2021
Emmett Till investigation closed by Justice Department
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department told relatives of Emmett Till on Monday that it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, to...
Dec 06, 2021
B.C. moves to recovery management phase after floods; most military leaving province
VICTORIA - Gas rationing will continue in British Columbia as the Trans Mountain pipeline starts its transition to full service after floods and slides. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says the ...
Dec 06, 2021