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Mom of slain girls tells court her life is like a nightmare she never wakes from
VICTORIA - A mother of two murdered girls says her life has become a living nightmare from which she never awakes. Sarah Cotton told a B.C. Supreme Court sentencing hearing for her...
Dec 17, 2019
Montreal caleche drivers seek injunction to try to save their industry
MONTREAL - A group of Montreal carriage-horse owners and drivers are going to court in a last-ditch effort to save their industry weeks before a city-imposed ban is set to take effect. The group ...
Dec 17, 2019
Wind warnings issued for southwestern Alberta
FORT MACLEOD, AB - Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for a few regions in southwest corner of the province.This includes areas like the Crowsnest Pass, Pincher Creek, the Piikani Reserve, Wa...
Dec 17, 2019 A map showing the areas included in the wind warnings. (Supplied by Environment Canada)
Youngest ever Liverpool team taken to school in League Cup
BIRMINGHAM, England - The youngest ever Liverpool team to play a competitive game was taken to school in the English League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday. With its best players in Qatar for the Club Wo...
Dec 17, 2019
Iron Horse employees donate $5,000 to Kidsport
REDCLIFF, AB - Staff at a local oil and gas company are in the giving spirit, helping athletes achieve their dreams.Iron Horse Energy Services announced Tuesday their employees have donated $5,000 to ...
Dec 17, 2019 Staff at Iron Horse Energy Services present a $5,000 donation to Kidsport Medicine Hat and Redcliff Tuesday afternoon - Photo by Charles Lefebvre
Nothing wrong with using voters list to mail Jagmeet Singh's Christmas cards
OTTAWA - Canada's election watchdog says the NDP did nothing wrong when it used the national voters list to send Christmas cards from Jagmeet Singh. Still, a spokesman for the NDP leader is apolo...
Dec 17, 2019
Council approves property taxes to go up by 3.5%
Medicine Hat, AB - The City of Medicine Hat will be raising property taxes, but not as much as originally expected. The city's four-year budget, which focuses on depending less on their reserves and u...
Dec 17, 2019 Garth Glover, Manger of Treasury, Planning, & Analysis presents tax supported budget at council
Canada's show jumping team dropped from Tokyo 2020 for anti-doping violation
Canada's show jumping team has been dropped from next summer's Tokyo Olympics because of an anti-doping violation at the Pan American Games. Nicole Walker of Aurora, Ont., is appealing her disqua...
Dec 17, 2019
Council approves public hearing for proposed greenhouse expansion
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - There will be more conversation before a decision is made regarding the expansion of a greenhouse in Cypress County.Reuben's Veggies is proposing to build a 10-acre, artificially ...
Dec 17, 2019
RCMP secrets case 'dragging on,' disappointed defence lawyer says
OTTAWA - The lawyer for an RCMP intelligence official accused of violating secrecy laws expressed concern in court today about the pace of the legal proceedings. Lawyer Ian Carter, who represents the ...
Dec 17, 2019