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Canada's Gilgeous-Alexander named NBA Western Conference player of the week
Canadian basketball star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named the NBA's Western Conference player of the week. The Oklahoma City guard from Hamilton averaged 31.3 points, on 57.1 per cent shooting, ...
Feb 13, 2023
Australian baller making large impact with Rattlers
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Many athletes make life-changing moves around the world to pursue dreams of playing sports on the grandest stages. A Medicine Hat basketball star is following the same path.Cooper W...
Feb 13, 2023
VIDEO: YMCA opens community programming space downtown
MEDICINE HAT, AB - There's a new tenant in the heart of downtown as of today. The YMCA of Medicine Hat is marking the grand opening of the Y on Second on Monday afternoon.The new community programming...
Feb 13, 2023
Totem at Royal B.C. Museum on way home to Central Coast after repatriation ceremony
VICTORIA - A totem pole taken from an Indigenous village on British Columbia's Central Coast more than 100 years ago is on its way home after a repatriation ceremony at the Royal B.C. Museum, where it...
Feb 13, 2023
New APARC facility planning summer opening, months ahead schedule
MEDICINE HAT, AB - City staff announced a new facility for Alberta Pound and Rescue Centres (APARC) is expected to open its doors sooner than expected. Brian Stauth, interim managing director of publi...
Feb 13, 2023
Photojournalist, news organization file lawsuit against RCMP over 2021 arrest
VANCOUVER - Canadian photojournalist Amber Bracken and news organization the Narwhal have filed a lawsuit against the RCMP, claiming Bracken was wrongfully arrested and detained for three nights while...
Feb 13, 2023
Medicine Hat and Lethbridge competing in Bowl for Kids Sake event
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Big Brothers Big Sisters's nation-wide event, called Bowl for Kids Sake, is back. This year Medicine Hat and Lethbridge are competing to see who can fundraise the most.In order to p...
Feb 13, 2023
City expects to move quickly on future operator for Monarch Theatre
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Headway is being made as the city prepares to accept a proposal to sell the Monarch Theatre. City staff have evaluated three bids to operate the historic theatre on Second Street SE...
Feb 13, 2023
B.C. park site of Chinese-style matchmaking, as parents seek wedded bliss for kids
BURNABY, B.C. - In a corner of a park in Metro Vancouver, the hunt for marital bliss is on. Groups of middle-aged and elderly Chinese pass around their smartphones or photos plucked from wallets, smil...
Feb 13, 2023
More than one-quarter of Albertans cannot cover an unexpected expense of $500: StatCan
LETHBRIDGE - New research from Statistics Canada is highlighting the impacts that the inflation crisis is having on Canadians.As of fall 2022, more than one-third (35 per cent) of Canadians said it wa...
Feb 13, 2023