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Over 60 local businesses have applied for COVID-19 grant support
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Over 60 businesses in the city have applied for the COVID-19 support grant facilitated by Community Futures Entre-Corp.The Medicine Hat Business Innovation Grant was announced in ea...
Jul 15, 2020
U of L researchers part of group to develop COVID-19 treatment
LETHBRIDGE, AB- University of Lethbridge researchers, in partnership with scientists at Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API), received funding from MITACS to develop a drug to treat the SARS-CoV-2 ...
Jul 15, 2020
Alberta Mountie gets probation for in-custody assault on Indigenous man
HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - A Mountie has been given 15 months probation for assaulting an Indigenous man shortly after his arrest in northern Alberta. A judge convicted Const. Licio Soares, an ei...
Jul 15, 2020
No new COVID-19 cases in Medicine Hat, active cases down to six
Medicine Hat is down to just six active cases of COVID-19 while the province confirmed 82 new cases in the past 24 hours.The province now has confirmed 8,994 total cases throughout the pandemic. There...
Jul 15, 2020
Jets sniper Patrik Laine working to get back up to speed after long layoff
Patrik Laine said back in May there was a good chance he'd look "terrible" if the NHL resumed its season this summer. Like most players locked down during the COVID-19 pandemic, th...
Jul 15, 2020
Applications open for victim services volunteers
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Residents who wish to give back to their community have a chance to do so by helping out Medicine Hat Police Victim Services Unit.Victim Services Program Coordinator Laura Deschamps...
Jul 15, 2020
Province to build mental health and addiction recovery communities
The provincial government is investing $25 million to build five brand new treatment centres called recovery communities across Alberta. "These life-changing facilities will offer long-term residentia...
Jul 15, 2020
Ex-CFL player gets 3 months for college admissions scam in United States
A former Canadian Football League player was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for hiring someone take the SATs in place of his two sons. David Sidoo, who played professional football for ...
Jul 15, 2020
Gasol: It's pretty simple - it's being more responsible as human beings"
Marc Gasol spent part of the summer of 2018 on a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, helping pluck terrified people from the water, migrants fleeing Libya for the shores of Europe. Gasol was vo...
Jul 15, 2020
Canada's Sloan making most of time off to improve on slow start to PGA season
Although it's been a strange PGA Tour season with rescheduled events after a three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Roger Sloan has been grateful for the opportunities it's presented. Sloan, ...
Jul 15, 2020