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Forward MacKinnon, Goaltenders Rittich and Jones named NHL three stars
NEW YORK - Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, Calgary Flames goaltender David Rittich and San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones are the NHL's three stars of the week. MacKinnon topped the N...
Dec 02, 2019
Student in custody after shooting at Milwaukee-area school
MILWAUKEE - A student is in custody after exchanging gunfire with a school resource officer Monday morning at a suburban Milwaukee high school, the school district said. Police in Waukesha tweeted abo...
Dec 02, 2019
Vets Lafreniere, McIssac, Smith among 31 named to Canada's world juniors camp
CALGARY - Veterans Alexis Lafreniere, Jared McIsaac and Ty Smith were three of the 31 players named to Canada's world junior hockey championship selection camp on Monday afternoon. Lafreniere had a go...
Dec 02, 2019
Kemp picks Kelly Loeffler to succeed Isakson in US Senate
ATLANTA - An Associated Press source says Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has chosen a Republican donor and financial services executive from Georgia as his appointment to the U.S. Senate. The source, a GOP p...
Dec 02, 2019
Brad Paisley, Cirque du Soleil coming to Canalta Centre in 2020
MEDICINE HAT, AB - One of the biggest names in country music, and another show from Cirque du Soleil are among the events coming to the Canalta Centre in 2020.The Canalta Centre announced Brad Paisley...
Dec 02, 2019 Brad Paisley (Facebook photo)
Alberta university students want lecturer who denies Ukrainian famine fired
EDMONTON - Some University of Alberta students want the school to fire an assistant lecturer who denies the Holodomor, the mass genocide of Ukrainian people carried out by the former So...
Dec 02, 2019
Police investigate Monday morning assault
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Police Service are looking for a pair of suspects after a man was assaulted in a home in the Flats Monday morning.According to police, two men forced their way into...
Dec 02, 2019 Medicine Hat Police investigate after a man was assaulted in a home on Second Street Southeast Monday morning - Photo by Charles Lefebvre
Police arrest four impaired drivers on Friday
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Police Service were kept busy Friday night, arresting four people for impaired driving.According to a post on Facebook, the first arrest occurred at approximately 5...
Dec 02, 2019
US construction spending falls 0.8% in October
WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects fell 0.8% in October, dragged down by declines in apartment and multi-family homebuilding. Private construction spending declined 1% in October, the...
Dec 02, 2019
Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she has fired Police Supt. Eddie Johnson due to his "ethical lapses." She said her decision was based on a review of an inspector general's report on its investigatio...
Dec 02, 2019