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Health Minister halts changes to insulin pump therapy program
MEDICINE HAT, AB - -Public outcry has prompted the provincial government to halt plans to discontinue the insulin pump therapy program on August 1.Approximately 4,000 Albertans currently rely on pumps...
May 12, 2022
Police mourning death of retired Police Service Dog Finn
The Medicine Hat Police Service has announced that Police Service Dog Finn passed away yesterday.Finn served the community with his partner Const. Marc Seiller from 2014-2017.During Finn's career, he ...
May 12, 2022
Shapovalov bounces clay-court star Nadal, moves on to Italian Open quarterfinals
ROME - Canada's Dennis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open tennis tournament Thursday with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 upset of clay-court legend Rafael Nadal. Shapovalov was up 4-1 in th...
May 12, 2022
New show spells success for McCoy fine arts students
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Monsignor McCoy High School teacher Kimmy Orr can't smile much more than when she talks about the kids in her production arts class.She and 20 students are one day from bringing "Th...
May 12, 2022
Medicine Hat's 'Father of Boxing' to be inducted to Sports Wall of Fame
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat's Sports Wall of Fame will welcome a new member later this month.William Lauder will be inducted on May 26 during a ceremony at the Big Marble Go Centre.The city says t...
May 12, 2022
Heavy flooding forces residents of Northwest Territories town from their homes
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - About 3,500 residents have been ordered to evacuate a town in the Northwest Territories as volatile water levels never before experienced in some areas cause extensive flooding and...
May 12, 2022
Scammers trying to ride HALO's fundraising coattails
MEDICINE HAT, AB - HALO Air Ambulance has been receiving calls recently from supporters and others, concerned that scammers are trying to take advantage of two fundraising efforts underway.CEO Paul Ca...
May 12, 2022
Oddsmaker feels Toronto time for an NFL expansion franchise is coming
It could take another 10 years but Adam Thompson firmly believes Toronto's time for an NFL expansion franchise is coming. Thompson is a handicapper/oddsmaker for Bookies.com, an American-based site th...
May 12, 2022
Dutch princess returns to Ottawa, where she was born during Second World War
OTTAWA - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands is today visiting Ottawa, the city where she was born during the Second World War. The princess was born at Ottawa's civic hospital after the Dutch royal ...
May 12, 2022
Spanish striker Jesus Jimenez finding Toronto FC, MLS to his liking
TORONTO - Spanish striker Jesus Jimenez worked his way up through the lower levels of Spanish soccer before earning his chance with a storied club in Poland. Now he is turning heads in Major League So...
May 12, 2022