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150 km/hr winds recorded near Nanton
NANTON, AB - Nanton RCMP are advising of an "extreme driving hazard" in and around the community.On Highways 2 and 22, wind speeds of approximately 150 km per hour have been recorded. "Please proceed ...
Oct 25, 2019 Environment Canada logo.
High winds prompt fire advisories around Pincher Creek and Forty Mile
PINCHER CREEK, AB - Fire advisories have been issued for two regions in southern Alberta due to the high winds.Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for much of southwestern Alberta calling for ...
Oct 25, 2019 A map of all active fire advisories and bans in southern Alberta. (Supplied by Alberta Fire Bans)
Municipalities react to provincial budget
Medicine Hat, AB - Mayors across Alberta are already frustrated at the provincial budget, saying it will jeopardize major projects and raise property taxes.The province says it's time to tighten up on...
Oct 25, 2019
Rattlers soccer player named ACAC Rookie of the Year
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A member of the Medicine Hat College Rattlers men's soccer team has been named Rookie of the Year among college soccer players in Alberta.Tom Bernhardt received the Alberta Colleges...
Oct 25, 2019
Man found guilty of second-degree murder of city woman
Medicine Hat, AB - Noah Bentley was found guilty of the second-degree murder in the Nov. 12, 2016 stabbing and strangulation death of Brenda Woloski following the conclusion of his trial Friday at Med...
Oct 25, 2019
Glasgo praises budget, says it's committed to Albertans
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Michaela Glasgo echoed praise from her colleague Drew Barnes about the 2019 Budget."This budget has a plan to get Alberta back on track," she said over the p...
Oct 25, 2019
College to deal with funding changes in provincial budget
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Post-secondary institutions across Alberta were the recipient of cuts from the provincial government after it tabled its budget for 2019.And Medicine Hat College was no exception.Ke...
Oct 25, 2019 Dalton Ehry (left), President of the Students' Association of Medicine Hat College, speaks with college president Kevin Shufflebotham on Friday - Photo by Ross Lavigne
Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier second at Skate Canada
KELOWNA, B.C. - Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit second after the short dance at Skate Canada. Toronto's Gilles and Poirier, from Unionville, Ont., scored 82.58 points and narrowly trail Ame...
Oct 25, 2019
A list of actions being taken on climate change around the world
VANCOUVER - Fifteen young Canadians are suing the federal government over climate change. It's not the first climate change litigation. Here are five other cases: 1) An environmental group i...
Oct 25, 2019
Youths file lawsuit with Federal Court calling Ottawa to develop climate plan
VANCOUVER - A young plaintiff in a lawsuit against the federal government says she has suffered the debilitating consequences of Lyme disease because climate change has expanded the habitat of disease...
Oct 25, 2019