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Utility rebates to begin next month
MEDICINE HAT, AB- Utility relief is on the way for almost two million Albertans. The provincial government says beginning in July more than 1.9 million homes, farms, and small businesses will receive ...
Jun 22, 2022

Montreal Alouettes owner Gary Stern announces he has tested positive for COVID-19
MONTREAL - Owner Gary Stern will be forced to miss the Montreal Alouettes home opener Thursday night. Stern announced on social media he has tested positive for COVID-19. So he won't be in attendance ...
Jun 22, 2022

AP source: Maurice closing in on deal to coach Panthers
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers are in the process of finalizing a deal to make him the club's new coach, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press ...
Jun 22, 2022

Oilers' Woodcroft says minors prepared him for coaching success
EDMONTON - Jay Woodcroft went from a prominent role behind an NHL bench to riding the buses in the American Hockey League. Now back in the big leagues as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers, Woodcroft s...
Jun 22, 2022

MPs meet soldier charged with criticizing vaccine requirements while in uniform
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are meeting today with James Topp, a Canadian soldier charged in May for speaking out against vaccine requirements while in uniform. The meetings come as Topp and his su...
Jun 22, 2022

Trevor Harris to start at quarterback for Alouettes versus Roughriders
There's no quarterback controversy in Montreal, at least not this week. Veteran Trevor Harris will start Thursday night when Montreal hosts the Saskatchewan Roughriders in its home opener. Incumbent V...
Jun 22, 2022

Alberta NDP calls on Travis Toews not to wait to re-index AISH
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Two NDP MLAs are urging former Alberta minister of finance and current UCP leadership candidate Travis Toews not to wait to fulfill a commitment.Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips a...
Jun 22, 2022

Canadian Shaedon Sharpe has created plenty of buzz ahead of NBA draft
A video of high-flying guard Shaedon Sharpe created a big buzz last month. The 19-year-old from London, Ont., takes two steps then leaps, touching above the top of a vertical leap testing gauge. If th...
Jun 22, 2022

City, YMCA partner to keep swimmers in the pool during closures
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The YMCA of Medicine Hat will honour memberships at two city facilities while they are shut down for maintenance this summer.The Crestwood Recreation Centre will be closed in July f...
Jun 22, 2022

Capitol riot hearings to stretch into July, chairman says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens. The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters Wedn...
Jun 22, 2022