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JBS Foods Canada invests $475K to upgrade McKay Park in Brooks
BROOKS, AB - JBS Foods Canada, one of the country's largest beef companies, has invested $475,000 to upgrade McKay Park in Brooks, Alta in exchange for naming rights of the park for the next 25 years....
Nov 29, 2022
Quebec appeal court orders new trial for man who fatally stabbed store clerk in 2016
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court has ordered a new trial for a Quebec man convicted in 2017 of stabbing to death a supermarket clerk. The Court of Appeal ruled Monday that the trial judge's final ins...
Nov 29, 2022
First Nation works with environmental group to help in residential school searches
WINNIPEG - A First Nation in Ontario is working with a Winnipeg environmental assessment firm to help communities investigate sites of former residential schools with an Indigenous-led approach. Missa...
Nov 29, 2022
Proposed language law changes pose more 'barriers' for Indigenous people, AFN says
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations says proposed changes to the Official Languages Act are likely to create "barriers" for Indigenous people hoping to work in federal institutions and advance to h...
Nov 29, 2022
Rattlers Roundup: Men's basketball team continues its winning ways
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat College Rattlers basketball and volleyball teams closed out the first semester's schedule with each of the four teams taking on the Olds Broncos.At home, the men's ...
Nov 29, 2022
Feds launching task force to reform public-service whistleblowing law
OTTAWA - The federal government is launching an external review of the legislation that governs whistleblower protection in the public service. Treasury Board President Mona Fortier is asking a nine-m...
Nov 29, 2022
In Kyiv, patience and resignation as citizens await next Russian bombing
KYIV, Ukraine - Residents of Kyiv waited with patience and resignation Tuesday as all signs pointed toward another imminent Russian bombing of their city. Several sources said Russia was planning sign...
Nov 29, 2022
Thousands of plants, animals at risk of extinction in Canada: wild species report
OTTAWA - A new report assessing the status of wild species in Canada says more than 2,200 plants, animals, fish and other wildlife are at risk of dying out. The latest Canadian Endangered Species Cons...
Nov 29, 2022
Experience a Christmas classic in a new way with Medicine Hat Musical Theatre
MEDICINE HAT, AB - There are countless retellings and reimaginings of A Christmas Carol and odds are you've seen at least two of them either on screen or stage.But you probably haven't seen it the way...
Nov 29, 2022
Lab services in Medicine Hat, Brooks will be changing in the new year
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Changes are coming to lab services in Medicine Hat and Brooks. Starting on Feb. 28, the lab at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital will shift focus to the needs of emergency, inpatie...
Nov 29, 2022