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Drownings increase as climate change makes ice on lakes, rivers riskier: study
Newly published research says climate change is making familiar winter activities on frozen lakes and rivers more dangerous. An analysis of thousands of winter drownings from around the world sh...
Nov 18, 2020

Fog advisory issued for region
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A fog advisory has been issued for the Medicine Hat area.Environment Canada says near-zero visibility in fog is expected or occurring in the Medicine Hat-Bow Island-Suffield region....
Nov 18, 2020

Drilling forecast calls for 14 per cent rebound in 2021 from depths of 2020 activity
CALGARY - The organization that represents Canadian drilling contractors is forecasting a 14 per cent increase in the number of oil and gas wells to be drilled in Canada in 2021 compared with the hist...
Nov 18, 2020

Moon Lit Walk at Police Point Park later this month
MEDICINE HAT, AB - When the moon hits your eye ... you might be on the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program's Moon Lit Walk on Nov. 29.The program is inviting nature-loving moon watchers to Police Point ...
Nov 18, 2020

Vancouver mayor moves to decriminalize simple possession of illicit drugs
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he's preparing to table a motion that would see city council vote on decriminalization of possession of illicit drugs for personal use. He says the city has been a...
Nov 18, 2020

'Champions Start Small' motto stuck with figure skater and new mom Meagan Duhamel
Meagan Duhamel noticed a small sign by a family room door while staying with her baby daughter in a neonatal intensive care unit last fall. It read: "Champions Start Small" - the motto for the S...
Nov 18, 2020

Pandemic poses preparation challenges for Canada's Tokyo-bound teams
Getting a bunch of people together from across Canada to play sports against a bunch of people from another country is logistically complex at the best of times. Stir in a pandemic discouraging intern...
Nov 18, 2020

Ottawa delays small nuclear reactor plan as critics decry push for new reactors
TORONTO - Canadians will have to wait a little while longer to see the federal government's plan for the development of small nuclear reactors, seen by proponents as critical to the country's fight ag...
Nov 18, 2020

NDP raises more questions about Morneau, WE in letter to ethics watchdog
OTTAWA - NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus is asking the federal ethics commissioner to consider new questions about the relationship between former finance minister Bill Morneau and WE Charity. In a le...
Nov 18, 2020

Security, health experts to lead review of pandemic warning system
OTTAWA - Health Minister Patty Hajdu is tapping a former national security adviser to lead a probe into whether Canada's pandemic warning system fell down just before COVID-19 reared up. Margaret Bloo...
Nov 18, 2020