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Heavy, drifting, blowing snow possible in region overnight: Environment Canada
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Environment Canada has posted special weather statements for southern Alberta and Saskatchewan.It says there's the potential for widespread heavy snow, drifting and blowing snow wit...
Mar 09, 2023
Musical Martens: family's music festival history spans generations
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Amy Martens is at the centre of a musical family, one that is in its third generation of music festival performances.It began with her mother in Swift Current years ago, continued w...
Mar 09, 2023
Alberta legislation proposes mandated balanced budgets, set policies for surplus cash
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced legislation that would require it to keep a tight rein on spending and continue to pay down its debt.Finance Minister Travis Toews says Bill 10 proposes a new fiscal ...
Mar 09, 2023
Blue Jays beat Braves, lose to Rays in split-squad spring training games
George Springer hit a two-run homer as a Toronto Blue Jays split squad beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 in spring training baseball action Thursday. Another Jays split squad was defeated 6-1 by Tampa Bay a...
Mar 09, 2023
Law delaying expansion of assisted dying regime to March 2024 passes
OTTAWA - A Liberal bill to delay the planned expansion of Canada's medically assisted dying regime has passed third reading in the Senate. The expansion, which was originally slated for March 17, woul...
Mar 09, 2023
Germany: Deaths, injuries in shooting inside Hamburg church
BERLIN (AP) - Shots were fired inside a church in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday night, and an unspecified number of people were killed or wounded, police said. Police said on Twitter...
Mar 09, 2023
St-Onge, COC respond to letter calling for hard ban of Russian, Belarusian athletes
Canada's sport minister and the Canadian Olympic Committee have restated that Russia and Belarus should be excluded from the next Olympics, but differ on if athletes from those countries could be allo...
Mar 09, 2023
Split verdict for ex-Fox execs in soccer rights bribe case
NEW YORK (AP) - A former Fox executive was convicted Thursday of paying tens of millions of dollars in bribes to nab broadcasting rights to the World Cup and other top soccer matches. A second ex-exec...
Mar 09, 2023
Noon Interview: Tara Schneider-Pichette and Mark Davidson March 9
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Concerns about mental health are prevalent throughout the community, including in our youth.A partnership between local schools and support service Our Collective Journey aims to he...
Mar 09, 2023
Northern Ontario's Tanner Horgan books playoff ticket at Tim Hortons Brier
LONDON, Ont. - Northern Ontario coach Mike Harris didn't say a word when Tanner Horgan vented some frustration by smacking the top of a water bottle a few times after giving up a mid-game steal on Thu...
Mar 09, 2023