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Calgary facility set to become curling hub during pandemic
CALGARY - Curling Canada wants Calgary's Canada Olympic Park to be a curling hub for the season's top events. Canada's governing body of curling proposes holding the 2021 national men's, women's and m...
Dec 1, 2020

YMCA receives federal funds to offer affordable licensed seasonal day camps
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Working families are able to access child care at a lower cost at the YMCA thanks to other federal government funding.YMCA CEO Sharon Hayward says savings will work out to $20 a day...
Dec 1, 2020

Nature centre still spreading festive cheer despite enhanced health measures
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Despite the cancellation this year of Police Point Park's annual Christmas hayrides, the park still plans to be festive this holiday season.The park will provide animal-themed Chris...
Dec 1, 2020

FLC offers virtual yoga and other options to stay active
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Family Leisure Centre is offering more options to stay active this winter for their pass holders.Which includes taking classes in your own home.FLC Fitness Coordinator Ed Stiles...
Dec 1, 2020

Annual pets & more fundraiser supports local animal rescues and shelters
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Six local animal shelters and rescues will benefit from the third annual Pets & More Fundraiser.True North K9 Compound is switching things up this year from their past Christmas...
Dec 1, 2020

UPDATE: Bow Island woman, three children located safe
UPDATE from RCMP: Bow Island, Alta. - Please be advised that Jessie Foyston (aka Howell) (41) and children Enrique Alvarado, Natalie Alvarado,and Katelyn Howell have all been located safe. The Bow Isl...
Dec 1, 2020

Visitor: Monolith toppled by group who said 'leave no trace'
SALT LAKE CITY - New clues have surfaced in the disappearance of a gleaming monolith in Utah that seemed to melt away as mysteriously as it appeared in the red-rock desert - though it's no longer the ...
Dec 1, 2020

Salesforce buying work-chat service Slack for $27.7 billion
SAN RAMON, Calif. - Business software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against long...
Dec 1, 2020

Passenger complaints filed in pandemic won't start to be processed until 2021
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's transport regulator says the 11,000 complaints filed to the Canadian Transportation Agency since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic will not start to be processed until e...
Dec 1, 2020

Toronto FC looking for a new designated player who can generate goals
Toronto FC will be going after goals in searching for a third designated player. The slot became open this week when TFC announced that while it was open to Argentine winger Pablo Piatti returning, it...
Dec 1, 2020