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Medicine Hat woman shocked to win $100,000 playing the EXTRA
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Kimberley Paley from Medicine Hat is $100,000 richer.Paley won the cash prize from the EXTRA she added to her ticket for the Jan. 31 Western MAX Draw.Paley purchased the ticket from...
Feb 16, 2023
Thomson to NL champ Phillies as camp begins: Ease into this
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson had a simple message before the National League champions took the field Thursday for their first spring training workout for pitchers...
Feb 16, 2023
Traditionally stronger in the first half, Gausman seeks consistency over full season
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Starter Kevin Gausman was as advertised in his first season with the Toronto Blue Jays after signing a lucrative long-term contract with the team. One of the anchors of the 2022 starti...
Feb 16, 2023
NHLPA names U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as executive director
WASHINGTON (AP) - The NHL Players' Association has hired U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh as its executive director. The union said Thursday its executive board with representatives from all 32 clu...
Feb 16, 2023
Noon Interview: Mark Ward Feb. 16
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Music often brings people together and that will be the case on Feb. 26 at the Esplanade. The Medicine Hat Concert Band Society Allegro Band and the Lethbridge Gold Band will join f...
Feb 16, 2023
Tim McCarver, big league catcher and broadcaster, dies at 81
NEW YORK (AP) - Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as the one o...
Feb 16, 2023
Canadian rugby men get players back from injury ahead of Los Angeles Sevens
Alex Russell and Lockie Kratz return from injury to bolster Canada's lineup for the Feb. 25-26 Los Angeles Sevens, the sixth stop on the men's HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Alex Russell and Kratz la...
Feb 16, 2023
Justice Dept. in DC taking over Texas AG corruption probe
DALLAS (AP) - Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutor...
Feb 16, 2023
Quebec tables legislation to allow advance requests for medical assistance in dying
QUEBEC - The Quebec government has tabled legislation to allow people with incurable diseases to make advanced requests for medical assistance in dying before they become incapacitated. The primary ch...
Feb 16, 2023
Sen. John Fetterman checks into hospital for depression
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman, still recovering from a stroke, has checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to seek treatment for clinical depr...
Feb 16, 2023