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Coaldale company named McCain's "Top Potato Grower"
COALDALE, AB - Perry Produce Ltd. is being recognized by McCain Foods Canada.At McCain's Alberta Growers' Appreciation Banquet, they were named the 2019 Crop Year Champion Potato Grower."We have been ...
Jan 02, 2020 Perry Produce with executives from McCain Foods. (Supplied by McCain Foods)
Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating 'cadaver' note
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he's accused of killing, according to court doc...
Jan 02, 2020
Veterans Affairs looks for public input on monument for Afghanistan mission
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking for advice from the public on what a monument to Canada's 13-year mission in Afghanistan should look like. An online consultation runs until Jan. 20, seeking...
Jan 02, 2020
Sillinger recognized as WHL Rookie of the Month
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Cole Sillinger has been recognized by the Western Hockey League for the second time this season.The Medicine Hat Tigers forward was named the WHL's Rookie of the Month for the month...
Jan 02, 2020 Medicine Hat Tigers dressing room
Man facing charges after alleged assault at mall
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A 40-year-old man has been arrested after a 72-year-old man was allegedly assaulted with a weapon at the Medicine Hat Mall Thursday afternoon.According to a news release from the Me...
Jan 02, 2020 A police vehicle is parked outside the Medicine Hat Mall after police investigate an alleged assault with a weapon Thursday afternoon - Photo by Chantal Wagner
Medicine Hat police respond to "incident" at Medicine Hat Mall
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Police have confirmed they are responding to an incident at the Medicine Hat Mall.Multiple police vehicles and an ambulance were seen at the mall Thursday afternoon.Pol...
Jan 02, 2020
Minister says change won't come 'overnight' as new child-welfare law takes effect
OTTAWA - Some Indigenous communities could soon take over authority for their child-welfare systems under a federal law that took effect this week. But it could be years before others are prepare...
Jan 02, 2020
Canada overcomes adversity, cruises past Czechs to win Group B at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Canada was embarrassed by one of its bitter rivals, had its star cut down by injury, its captain embroiled in controversy and a key player suspended. It w...
Jan 02, 2020
Yankees' German suspended 81 games for domestic violence
NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Domingo Germn will miss the first 63 games of the 2020 season as part of an 81-game ban for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy. The league announced ...
Jan 02, 2020
Mounties defend social-media profiling after assembling portrait of activist
OTTAWA - The RCMP is defending its practice of profiling people by scouring their online social-media presences, saying the national police force lawfully obtains information with the aim of ...
Jan 02, 2020