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Acing it: Success of Nats, Astros puts attention on starters
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Washington went against baseball's trend toward bulked-up bullpens, dedicating 39% of its payroll to three starting pitchers: Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin. Th...
Nov 14, 2019
Medicine Hat celebrating Metis Week
Medicine Hat, AB - Across Alberta, people are celebrating Metis Week, A week to recognize the important role that Mtis people have played in the founding and development of the province, and the contr...
Nov 14, 2019 Metis Nation Local 8 and the Miywasin Friendship Centre's Jeannette Hansen (Photo by Bob Schneider)
Ontario court upholds policing powers of private law enforcement in OSPCA case
TORONTO - Ontario's top court has affirmed the now-ceded policing powers of the province's animal welfare agency, striking down a lower court's ruling that called into question the constitutional...
Nov 14, 2019
College to host conference on the hemp and cannabis industry in southeast Alberta
Medicine Hat, AB - The hemp and cannabis industry is growing here in southeast Alberta. With Aurora Cannabis set to be opening their facility next year, the Medicine Hat College is taking steps to mak...
Nov 14, 2019
Grade 6 student named Fire Chief for a Day
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Mia Chrun is not old enough to drive a fire truck yet, but on Thursday, she was the one giving orders. The Grade 6 student at Dr. Ken Sauer School was the winner of the Fire Chief F...
Nov 14, 2019 Mia Chrun receives her firefighter jacket after being named Fire Chief for a Day on Thursday - Photo by Ross Lavigne
Cypress County and PRSD arena will not go through for now
Cypress County, AB - After months of deliberation about a new hockey arena and training centre in Dunmore, Cypress County council has elected not to move forward with the project.The facility would ha...
Nov 14, 2019 Prairie Rose School Division superintendent Roger Clarke (Photo by Bob Schneider)
England, Czech Republic, France and Turkey reach Euro 2020
England qualified in style for the 2020 European Championship, while the Czech Republic, France and Turkey also booked their places Thursday at next year's tournament. England only needed a draw to qu...
Nov 14, 2019
Tax changes to cannabis producers expected to bring more revenue to city
MEDICINE HAT, AB - New tax rules from the province could mean additional revenue for the City of Medicine Hat from the Aurora Sun facility.On Wednesday, the province announced that cannabis facilities...
Nov 14, 2019 The under construction Aurora Sun facility is seen on November 14, 2019. - Photo by Colton McKee
Colombia adoptees find family decades after volcano tragedy
BOGOTA - Jenifer de la Rosa was just a week old when Colombia's Nevado del Ruiz volcano exploded, unleashing a wall of mud that buried an entire town and left 25,000 dead. In the aftermath of the 1985...
Nov 14, 2019
CHAT Food Drive smashes collection record
Medicine Hat, AB - The CHAT Food Drive is expected to smash its record this year in collections for the Medicine Hat and District Food Bank.By noon on Thursday - its second day of a two-day drive - th...
Nov 14, 2019