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Liberals set to begin consultation on creation of foreign influence registry
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is poised to take the next step toward creating a registration system to help prevent foreign meddling in Canadian affairs. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino plans...
Mar 09, 2023

Rideshare company en route to Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With limited variety of modes of transportation around the city, more are welcome.A Canadian company called Uride is on it's way to Medicine Hat, where it will make its Alberta debu...
Mar 09, 2023

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