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City committee recommending historic designation for cenotaph
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The cenotaph in Riverside Veterans' Memorial Park will turn 100 years old on May 24 this year, and there's a move afoot to have the monument designated as a municipal historical res...
Apr 11, 2022
CRTC given $8.5M for online news regulation as critics question its capability
Ottawa is giving $8.5 million to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to develop a regulatory regime covering the reuse of journalism by digital giants. Experts question whe...
Apr 11, 2022
Liberal government's budget still lacking in gender-based analysis: advocates
OTTAWA - Despite the Liberal government long styling itself as feminist, advocates say the recent federal budget lacked a sufficient gender-based analysis of its measures. Shalini Konanur, executive d...
Apr 11, 2022
Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews named NHL's first star of the week
NEW YORK - Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been named the NHL's first star of the week after scoring seven goals and four assists in four games. The 24-year-old sniper enjoyed a record-...
Apr 11, 2022
N.L. Royal St. John's Regatta ends 'sexist' gender-based rowing distances
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Women and men will row the same distances at the Royal St. John's Regatta this summer for the first time in the race's 203-year history. Race officials said today the regatta this A...
Apr 11, 2022
Mass shooting inquiry: N.S. firefighters take aim at RCMP's handling of their ordeal
HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives heard testimony today from two firefighters who had sharp criticism for the way the Mounties handled their si...
Apr 11, 2022
IS supporter found guilty of killing UK lawmaker David Amess
LONDON (AP) - A jury deliberated for just 18 minutes Monday before finding a fervent Islamic State supporter guilty of stabbing lawmaker David Amess to death a slaying that shocked the nation and spar...
Apr 11, 2022
Prince Charles and Camilla set to return to Canada in May for three-day royal tour
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are set to return to Canada in May.Clarence House and the Governor General of Canada announced the three-day royal tour this morning.They say the royal couple will ...
Apr 11, 2022
Dry cells to be banned for women prisoners suspected of carrying contraband in bodies
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will do away with the controversial practice of confining inmates to dry cells when they are suspected of carrying contraband in their vaginas. Dry cells are es...
Apr 11, 2022
City man sentenced to life in prison for murder of common-law partner
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years for killing his common-law partner with a box cutter last October.Timothy Faulkner was ...
Apr 11, 2022