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Four Raptors set to return to active roster after prolonged absence
DETROIT - The Toronto Raptors will get four players back tonight after they were sidelined for nearly two weeks for health and safety protocols. Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam, Malachi Flynn and Patrick...
Mar 17, 2021
Quarantined B.C. farms where over 1,000 mink died resume breeding stock
VICTORIA - Two mink farms that are still quarantined after COVID-19 outbreaks have begun annual breeding programs along with seven other farms in British Columbia. The Agriculture Ministry said the pr...
Mar 17, 2021
MHPSD announces two new principals
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Public School Division has announced the appointment of two new principles.Both say they have big plans for their new roles.At Crescent Heights High School, Shonna Bart...
Mar 17, 2021
No renovation plans for 110-year-old Elm Street School
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta's 2021 Capital Plan shows $268 million will go towards constructing or improving schools, but no Medicine Hat schools are included in those plans.Elm Street School is more t...
Mar 17, 2021
Links to suspect found during digital forensic search
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Prosecutors drew a direct line from extortion letters to the accused this afternoon at the murder and extortion trial of Robert Hoefman. Medicine Hat Police Service's top digital fo...
Mar 17, 2021
Lametti warns Senate that more amendments to judicial training bill could doom it
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti is warning the Senate that making further amendments to legislation requiring new judges to take training on sexual assault law could doom the bill to failing f...
Mar 17, 2021
Medicine Hat staying in single digits for active COVID-19 cases
Alberta's top doctor says she and decision-makers in cabinet are closely watching other jurisdictions as they consider when to move to the next step of the province's Path Forward plan.Dr. Deena Hinsh...
Mar 17, 2021
Canadians not near death gain access to assisted dying as Senate passes Bill C-7
OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying, including eventually to people suffering solely from mental illnesses.By a vote of 60-25, with five abstentions, ...
Mar 17, 2021
Waiting game continues for Canadian canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe
Star Canadian canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe has faced a long list of hurdles on her Olympic journey during this extended quadrennial. Simply qualifying for the 2021 Summer Games has been a challe...
Mar 17, 2021
'Two Michaels' detained in China have hearings Friday and Monday, says Garneau
WASHINGTON - The federal government says Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, who have been in custody in China for more than two years, will have court hearings in the coming days. Foreign Affairs Mini...
Mar 17, 2021