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Memoir by Sen. Tammy Duckworth coming out March 30
NEW YORK - Sen. Tammy Duckworth has written a memoir, "Every Day Is a Gift," which comes out March 30. Twelve, a Hachette Book Group imprint, announced the deal with Sen. Duckworth on Thursday, the 16...
Nov 12, 2020
Serious police incident on Trans-Canada Bridge
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat police were called to the Trans-Canada Bridge this morning for a woman in distress.Motorists were asked to avoid the westbound lane while the police dealt with this inc...
Nov 12, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11 a.m. Ontario has again reached a daily record for new COVID-19 cases. The province is reporting 1,575 new cases in its daily ...
Nov 12, 2020
RCMP surveillance, searches breached anti-fracking protesters' rights, watchdog says
OTTAWA - The RCMP watchdog has uncovered shortcomings with the national force's crowd-control measures, physical searches and collection of social media information while policing anti-fracking protes...
Nov 12, 2020
Stampede postpones Farmers' Christmas Market until December
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede is postponing its Farmers' Market Christmas set for this weekend.In a release, coordinator Doreen Gunderson says that with the COVID-19 nu...
Nov 12, 2020
Appeals court clears Harvard of racial bias in admissions
BOSTON - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants. Two judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Bos...
Nov 12, 2020
Clinicians worry pandemic is worsening youth mental health
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's children's representative says the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified inadequacies in mental health services as experts brace for rising rates of anxiety, depression and po...
Nov 12, 2020
US consumer prices unchanged in October, lowest in 5 months
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in October, the lowest reading in five months and an indication that a price spike over the summer is beginning to fade as coronavirus cases begin to s...
Nov 12, 2020
709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates
WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a sign that the job market might be slowly heal...
Nov 12, 2020
Prairie Mennonite Alternative School now on Outbreak status; MHHS dealing with positive result too
MEDICINE HAT - Two area schools are dealing with more positive test results for COVID-19.An individual at Medicine Hat High School had a positive test result, but it appears exposure was limited to a ...
Nov 12, 2020