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City gas, electricity rates down in April
The floating electricity and natural gas rates for City of Medicine Hat customers are dropping slightly this month. Electricity customers on the floating rate will pay 10.628 cents per kilowatt-hour t...
Apr 01, 2022
Canadian Olympian Brent Hayden re-retires after solid performance at Tokyo Games
Canadian Olympic swimmer Brent Hayden has retired - again. Swimming Canada made the announcement this morning. Hayden won bronze in the men's 100-metre freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics. The Missi...
Apr 01, 2022
Toronto Blue Jays extend manager Charlie Montoyo's contract through 2023 season
TORONTO, Kan. - The Toronto Blue Jays extended Charlie Montoyo's contract on Friday, locking up the skipper through the 2023 season. He helped the team to a 91-win campaign last year and finished four...
Apr 01, 2022
'There’s a lot to it': Repatriating Indigenous artifacts from Vatican may take years
Andy Wilson's arduous work of repatriating cultural artifacts of his people is always with his ancestors in mind. "We're here because of them," said Wilson, co-founder of the Skidegate and Haida repat...
Apr 01, 2022
Trudeau announces funds to fix Iqaluit water infrastructure after fuel contamination
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit is getting $214 million from the federal government to fix its water infrastructure after the Nunavut capital's water was contaminated with fuel twice in the last six months...
Apr 01, 2022
Toronto Arrows finally get to play a Major League Rugby game at home
TORONTO - It's been 34 months since Sam Malcolm's 77th-minute drop goal gave the Toronto Arrows a 22-20 win over Rugby New York at Lamport Stadium, sealing a playoff berth in the club's inaugural Majo...
Apr 01, 2022
Danielle Smith to announce return to Alberta politics
Former Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith is looking to re-enter Alberta politics.Smith is to hold an online news conference today where she is expected to announce that she will seek the United Con...
Apr 01, 2022
Struggling Vancouver Whitecaps get offensive boost with striker Brian White's return
VANCOUVER - Sitting on the sidelines as his Vancouver Whitecaps struggled through the start of the season wasn't easy for Brian White. First it was a foot contusion that kept the American striker out ...
Apr 01, 2022
Jury urged to convict 4 in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A prosecutor is urging jurors to convict four men in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying they were "filled with rage" and intent on igniting a civil war....
Apr 01, 2022
Mine accident in central Serbia kills 8, injures 18
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - An accident in a mine in central Serbia killed eight people and wounded 18 Friday, authorities said. The accident in the Soko coal mine happened shortly after 4 a.m. (0200GMT)....
Apr 01, 2022