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Canada wins final round-robin games, will face Norway in mixed doubles playoffs
GENEVA - Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant won their final preliminary matches Thursday at the world mixed doubles curling championship to finish second in their group and set up a playoff s...
Apr 28, 2022
VIDEO: A sneak peek at the new Athletic Park
MEDICINE HAT, AB - When fans return to Athletic Park for the Medicine Hat Mavericks home opener on May 29 they'll see $3 million worth of upgrades.Since the last time the Mavericks took the field in 2...
Apr 28, 2022
Feds enshrining right to healthy environment but no clarity on what that means
OTTAWA - The federal government is pushing legislation to enshrine the right to a healthy environment into law but is giving itself up to two more years to define what that means. The amendment to the...
Apr 28, 2022
Explosions in northern Afghanistan kill at least 9, wound 13
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two explosions, within minutes of each other, killed at least nine people and wounded 13 in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, a spokesman for a Taliban-appointed police chief...
Apr 28, 2022
Quebec Halloween sword attack suspect says 'bad' version of him committed murder
QUEBEC - The man accused of murdering two people with a sword in Quebec City on Halloween night 2020 insisted there were two competing versions of himself who were fighting for control. Under cross-ex...
Apr 28, 2022
Joly testifies at Senate committee on Ukraine war and possible new sanctions law
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says she supports a bill from an independent senator to confiscate seized Russian assets even though the government's version of such a law differs in one...
Apr 28, 2022
Charter challenge to motorcycle helmet law heard in court; ruling expected in September
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat man who feels it's unfair that he has to wear a motorcycle helmet, while turban-wearing Sikhs have an exemption will have to wait until September to learn if the cour...
Apr 28, 2022
Number of seniors in Medicine Hat rising, virtually no population grown overall: StatCan
Census data released by Statistics Canada this week shows Canada is aging, and Medicine Hat is no different.The number of people in the city who are of working age - between 15 and 64 years old - has ...
Apr 28, 2022
Crown appeals stay of proceedings in case of Quebec judge accused of killing wife
QUEBEC - The Crown says it will appeal a Quebec Superior Court ruling that prevented a former judge from facing a new murder trial in the killing of his wife. Jacques Delisle, 86, had his application ...
Apr 28, 2022
Inuit organization develops shared plan with Mounties to improve relationship
The national organization representing Inuit people has developed a plan with Mounties to help improve the relationship with the police force. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, says hi...
Apr 28, 2022