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Yukon government says it doesn't support permit for exploration in Arctic wilderness
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says it does not support a permit for an oil drilling exploration project in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Environment Minister Pauline Frost says the explorat...
Nov 10, 2020
Remembrance Day ceremony will be small in person, streamed on Facebook
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Wednesday's Remembrance Day ceremony in Medicine Hat will be a virtual affair with space limited to 100 individuals to attend in person at the Riverside Veterans' Memorial Park ceno...
Nov 10, 2020
Singh says government must move to counter hate groups, which have tripled since 2015
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberal government must do more to tackle the growing threat of hate groups. The past five years have seen a proliferation of neo-Nazi groups and online cont...
Nov 10, 2020
Bill 21 supporters testify that religious symbols send wrong message to kids
MONTREAL - Students require a neutral environment in which to learn and one where equality between men and women is put first, parents supporting Quebec's secularism law testified in court Tuesday. Na...
Nov 10, 2020
Virtual Remembrance Day service for Medicine Hat Catholic schools
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Catholic schools have created a virtual Remembrance Day service for November 11.The 20-minute video incorporates 7 of the 9 schools.It features band, poetry, choir, and...
Nov 10, 2020
Alberta farmers file what may be first class-action lawsuit over unpaid oil leases
CALGARY - Two Alberta landowners have filed what a lawyer says could be the first class-action lawsuit against an energy company for not making its lease payments."It's a pretty clear contract," said ...
Nov 10, 2020
No. 1 Alabama-LSU, No. 5 Texas A&M-Tennessee postponed
No. 1 Alabama at LSU and No. 5 Texas A&M at Tennessee will not be played Saturday because of COVID-19 issues, raising the number of Southeastern Conference games postponed this week to three. The ...
Nov 10, 2020
Alberta farmers file what may be first class-action lawsuit over unpaid oil leases
CALGARY - An Alberta farm family has filed what could be the first class-action lawsuit against an energy company for not making its lease payments. In a statement of claim filed in Calgary, Reinhold ...
Nov 10, 2020
Snowfall warning issued for Medicine Hat, Cypress Hills
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A snowfall warning is in effect for the region.Environment Canada issued the warning for the Medicine Hat-Bow Island-Suffield region and Cypress Hills Provincial Park-Foremost regio...
Nov 10, 2020
Not guilty plea entered on charges connected to Walsh gas station attack
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A not guilty plea has been entered but a trial date has yet to be set for the man accused of an assault against a neighbouring gas station owner earlier this year.Anwar Kamaran, 44,...
Nov 10, 2020