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Feds eyeing repatriation of 19 Canadian women and children held in Syria: document
OTTAWA - The federal government says it is looking at helping to secure the release of 19 Canadian women and children being held in northeastern Syria. The move comes just before supporters of the six...
Dec 02, 2022

Humphries wins monobob gold in return to Park City track
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. had the fastest time in both runs on her way to winning a World Cup monobob race on Friday. It was Humphries' second medal in as m...
Dec 02, 2022

Ringette seeing strong growth in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Players from all over Alberta and into Saskatchewan are taking to the ice in Medicine Hat this week for the Ed Horvath Interprovincial Ringette Tournament.Games got underway Friday ...
Dec 02, 2022

Woman and dog reunited after auto theft
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A local woman and her dog have been reunited after the dog was taken during an auto theft.According to Medicine Hat Police Service, the dog was inside the woman's car when it was st...
Dec 02, 2022

Maple Leafs head to Tampa with Mitch Marner looking to make history
TORONTO - Darryl Sittler was still confident. As the third period of Wednesday's game melted away with current Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner desperately seeking to extend his point streak to 18 contes...
Dec 02, 2022

Sofia Goggia claims season-opening women's World Cup downhill in Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Sofia Goggia of Italy won the women's season-opening World Cup downhill Friday in Lake Louise, Alta. Goggia swept last year's races at the Banff National Park resort, winning both...
Dec 02, 2022

Reducing funding for RCMP on the table for Saskatchewan amid firearm buyback debate
REGINA - Saskatchewan says it would consider reducing its funding for the RCMP if the force was to assist the federal government with its proposed firearms buyback program.Public Safety Minister Chris...
Dec 02, 2022

Kiwanis Clubs to host Christmas dinner so no one has to be alone
MEDICINE HAT, AB - For close to four decades Kiwanis Club members in Medicine Hat have set aside part of their Christmas to make the day special for others in the community.Once again this year the ci...
Dec 02, 2022

Dems move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st voting state
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024, a dramatic shakeup championed ...
Dec 02, 2022

Safe consumption forefront of countering the overdose crisis, prime minister says
RICHMOND, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he and new British Columbia Premier David Eby conferred about ways to counter the "horrific" drug poisoning epidemic. Trudeau told a crowd in Richmo...
Dec 02, 2022