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Businesses eager to get patio season underway
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Bars and restaurants are dusting off their outdoor tables and chairs for another spring and summer of patios.The forecast is calling for sunny days and temperatures inching closer t...
Apr 25, 2022
Quebec lawyers ask for more time to get details about 2012 threats against PQ leader
MONTREAL - Lawyers for the Quebec government asked a court on Monday for more time to unearth details about six threats allegedly made against former Parti Qubcois leader Pauline Marois on the day of ...
Apr 25, 2022
Supports available for those dealing with PTSD
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Statistics Canada suggests one in four Canadians have had their mental health affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.First responders working the front lines have been hit especially har...
Apr 25, 2022
Local health care not back to normal, despite call for volunteers: officials
MEDICINE HAT -- Alberta Health Services says health care isn't back to normal, despite a call for volunteers at all health care facilities in the region.Most volunteer programs stopped as COVID-19 hit...
Apr 25, 2022
Convoy organizer warns of 'free-for-all' if police ban protest from downtown Ottawa
OTTAWA - One of the organizers of a planned motorcycle convoy is warning of a "free-for-all" on Friday if Ottawa police don't allow hundreds of protesters to bring their bikes onto the streets around ...
Apr 25, 2022
Prosecutors want four with 'conspiracy to commit murder' charge to have joint trial
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lawyers are trying to move ahead with the matters for four people who were charged as part of the Coutts border blockade in January and February.An attorney appearing as agent for Chr...
Apr 25, 2022
Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44B and will privatize company
Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to policing content on the platform where he promotes his interests, attacks critics and...
Apr 25, 2022
Mélanie Joly to discuss Ukraine by video Tuesday with U.S. secretary of state
WASHINGTON - Ukraine's war with Russia will be top of mind Tuesday when Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly meets by video link with her U.S. counterpart. Joly and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blin...
Apr 25, 2022
City's gas infrastructure inspection starting
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Crews with the City of Medicine Hat's gas distribution department have started the annual leak survey and infrastructure assessment on the network.This year's survey includes 7,548 ...
Apr 25, 2022
Florida governor signs bill creating election police unit
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday to create a police force dedicated to pursuing voter fraud and other election crimes, embracing a top priority of Republicans af...
Apr 25, 2022