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Innovative and creative ideas, synergies with downtown community sought for Towne Square
MEDICINE HAT, AB - About nine months after a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Towne Square development the city is almost ready to make it official and welcome visitors to the downtown space."...
Apr 14, 2022

Local energy services companies looking to hire
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The familiar rollercoaster of Alberta's energy industry is gaining momentum thanks to oil prices over $100.Local oil and gas companies are ready to ride that high with many of them ...
Apr 14, 2022

LA political donor gets 30 years in prison for fetish deaths
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced a wealthy California Democratic donor to 30 years in prison for injecting two men with lethal doses of drugs. Prosecutors on Thursday asked for a life ...
Apr 14, 2022

Part Three: Hatter shares story of alleged hockey abuse hoping to help other victims
WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENTMEDICINE HAT, AB - Todd Tisdale's experience at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Sask. is now before Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatchewan.Aft...
Apr 14, 2022

Grain elevators in Nanton receive Provincial Historic Resources designation
NANTON, AB - The history of the grain elevators in Nanton is being recognized.The buildings have received a Provincial Historic Resources designation. Leo Wieser, president of the Canadian Grain Eleva...
Apr 14, 2022

Man blaming Trump's 'orders' for riot actions found guilty
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Ohio man who testified that he was "following presidential orders" from Donald Trump when he stormed the U.S. Capitol was convicted Thursday of obstructing Congress from certifyin...
Apr 14, 2022

Canada to seek justice for sexual violence victims in Ukraine: Freeland
CALGARY - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is committed to seeking justice for Ukrainian women and children as allegations mount of sexual violence by Russian soldiers. Speaking in ...
Apr 14, 2022

Canada's emissions plummet during first year of COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Canada's greenhouse gas emissions plummeted to their lowest level in almost three decades in 2020 as pandemic restrictions kept cars off the road and left airplanes grounded on tarmacs. The l...
Apr 14, 2022

Make access to COVID-19 booster shots ‘ultraconvenient,’ experts say
Easier access to COVID-19 vaccine boosters could be a way of addressing the plateauing rates of Canadians getting the shot, public health and immunology experts say. Matthew Miller, professor at McMas...
Apr 14, 2022

NDP and ATA not impressed with Alberta's new K-6 curriculum
Alberta's NDP says it promises Albertans that if elected to form the next government, the UCP's K-6 curriculum will be scrapped."Adriana LaGrange claimed she listened to Albertans feedback on this cur...
Apr 14, 2022