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Beaver Lake Cree Nation to prove anew it needs funding for suit against feds, Alberta
OTTAWA - An Alberta First Nation fighting what it calls overdevelopment of its traditional territory has been given a second chance to convince the courts that governments should advance money for its...
Mar 18, 2022
Parent convicted in college bribery case asks to remain free
BOSTON (AP) - The head of a private equity firm and former Staples Inc. executive convicted of bribery and fraud charges for trying to pay more than $1.2 million to buy his three children's way into e...
Mar 18, 2022
Bear spray, a large knife and youth assault kept police busy on Thursday
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Police responded to a call about bear spray on a city bus, youth assaulting a city staff member and a male with a large knife, all in a span of about nine hours on March 17. At abou...
Mar 18, 2022
Trainer Casse says $1-million Queen's Plate remains on God of Love's radar
God of Love remains on the Kentucky Derby Trail but trainer Mark Casse says the $1-million Queen's Plate is still very much on the three-year-old's radar. The Ontario-bred horse is slated to run in th...
Mar 18, 2022
Spain changes stance, backs Moroccan rule in Western Sahara
MADRID (AP) - Spain on Friday declared "a new stage" in its strained relations with Morocco after the Spanish prime minister wrote to the Moroccan king, agreeing that having Western Sahara operate aut...
Mar 18, 2022
Local family making yellow and blue ribbons to support Ukrainians
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Two Medicine Hat youth and their grandmother have put their hands to work to help people on the other side of the worldNine-year-old Arya Cresswell, her brother Wyatt, seven, and th...
Mar 18, 2022
Quebec seniors home investigated for alleged mistreatment of workers from Africa
LVIS, Que. - Quebec's labour minister says an investigation is underway into allegations that a private seniors residence in Lvis, Que., paid workers from Africa just $70 a week to work as orderlies f...
Mar 18, 2022
Longtime Team Jacobs second E.J. Harnden to serve as fifth for Team Gushue at worlds
As a longtime second for Team Brad Jacobs, E.J. Harnden was a big part of one of the best rivalries in Canadian curling. The so-called "Battle of the Brads" between Jacobs and Team Brad Gushue resulte...
Mar 18, 2022
Australian speedster Matt Hood combines rugby and business with Toronto Arrows
Matt Hood can design or help you run a website. Or he can just run. When not playing rugby for the Toronto Arrows, the former Australian sevens speedster works on marketing and website development. Wh...
Mar 18, 2022
Defense challenges witness in Lorenzen Wright murder trial
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A defense attorney for a man charged with fatally shooting former NBA player Lorenzen Wright attempted to poke holes Friday in the testimony of a convicted killer who said Wright...
Mar 18, 2022