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City parts way with curbside recycling provider
Medicine Hat AB--The City of Medicine Hat says the company that provides curbside recycling has indicated it will no longer provide the service for the city.According to a news release Tuesday afterno...
Sep 17, 2019 File Photo
NDP's Singh seeks urban support with housing billions, avoids deficit questions
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh continued his push to win progressive votes on Tuesday by promising an NDP government would invest billions of dollars in affordable housing to help Canadians struggling to make...
Sep 17, 2019
Review board hears mass killer doing well, should have unsupervised outings
EDMONTON - A psychiatrist in charge of treating an Alberta man who stabbed and killed five young people at a Calgary house party says the patient's risk of re-offending is low...
Sep 17, 2019
Families launch claims against N.L. government over deaths in custody
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The families of two inmates who died in Newfoundland jails have filed lawsuits claiming that negligence by the province exacerbated their loved ones' mental health co...
Sep 17, 2019
Time ticking down for expat voters, chief electoral officer says
OTTAWA - Voters living outside of Canada should register soon to ensure they can participate in the coming federal election, says Canada's chief electoral officer. Expat voters' applications must...
Sep 17, 2019
Nova Scotia's annual pumpkin regatta sunk by extreme weather, lack of gourds
WINDSOR, N.S. - Nova Scotia's annual Pumpkin Regatta has been cancelled following a disastrous season in the pumpkin patch. The race across Lake Pesaquid in Windsor, N.S., features padd...
Sep 17, 2019
Local filmmaker ready to premiere documentary on Medalta lost history
Medicine Hat, AB - When visiting the museum at Medalta, you'll learn about the clay district as it thrived from 1912 to 1954.According to local filmmaker Luke Fandrich though, the story of Medalta did...
Sep 17, 2019 Photo by Ross Lavigne
RCMP searching for suspects following CrossIron Mills shooting
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Police say they are going through video footage and talking to scores of witnesses in the search for a suspect in what's believed was a targeted shooting at a large Calgary-area shopp...
Sep 17, 2019
Meet the Candidate - Andrew Nelson (People's Party of Canada)
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Andrew Nelson says disillusionment with the Conservative Party of Canada led him to seek public office for the first time.The Cardston resident is hoping to help the People's Party ...
Sep 17, 2019 Andrew Nelson - People's Party of Canada
Drag racer Gaetz caps off championship season with another trophy
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Right from the hop, the Medicine Hat Drag Racing Association's junior lightning division was Tanner Gaetz's to lose.Bookmarking both ends of his racing season with victories, Gaetz ...
Sep 17, 2019 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin