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NDP and UCP reporting damage to campaign signs
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With an election comes election signs and once those are up damage to the signs is often not far behind.Tampering with or stealing signs is a criminal code offence and those doing s...
May 08, 2023
Crowsnest Pass residents oppose twinning affecting Highway 3 at Frank Slide site
FRANK, AB - Some Crowsnest Pass residents say a planned twinning of Highway 3 through southwestern Alberta community would amount to a desecration of the site of Canada's deadliest rock slide.It was 1...
May 08, 2023
Family, friends gather at private funeral for Gordon Lightfoot in his hometown
ORILLIA, Ont. - Close friends and family of Gordon Lightfoot came together for a small, private funeral on Monday held at the Orillia, Ont. church where he was once a choir boy. A group of roughly 50 ...
May 08, 2023
CFL unveils several rule changes for upcoming regular season
TORONTO - The football won't have to be handled in order for a single to be awarded on a kickoff starting this CFL season. The removal of that requirement was among the changes unanimously approved by...
May 08, 2023
Canucks' top pick Lekkerimaki aims to put adversity behind him to grow as a player
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks' top draft pick from 2022 says he's looking to develop and put last season's illness and injury struggles behind him. Forward Jonathan Lekkerimaki signed an entry-lev...
May 08, 2023
Suspected teenage victim of human trafficking located near Swift Current
Saskatchewan RCMP's Roving Traffic Unit stopped a vehicle for speeding along Highway 1, near Swift Current.The car with an Ontario license plate was being driven by a 16-year-old girl who was the lone...
May 08, 2023
U.K. seeks closer ties with Canada in science, military and technology
OTTAWA - Britain is seeking closer ties with Canada as it reshapes its foreign policy in the wake of its departure from the European Union. But British High Commissioner Susannah Goshko says her count...
May 08, 2023
Police arrest suspect in Atlanta shooting; 1 dead, 4 wounded
ATLANTA (AP) - Police arrested a man accused of opening fire inside the waiting room of an Atlanta medical practice Wednesday, killing one woman and wounding four. Workers and others in a bustling com...
May 08, 2023
Part of Saratoga Trail closed temporarily for rehabilitation
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A portion of Saratoga Trail will be closed beginning this week for rehabilitation work to make the trail safer in the winter months.The closure begins near South Railway Street SE a...
May 08, 2023
Pilot program for temporary agricultural workers extended after rocky pandemic start
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the government will expand a pilot project to attract more temporary foreign workers to jobs in Canada's agricultural industry for another two years. The governme...
May 08, 2023