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Nova Scotia's annual pumpkin regatta sunk by extreme weather, lack of gourds
WINDSOR, N.S. - Nova Scotia's annual Pumpkin Regatta has been cancelled following a disastrous season in the pumpkin patch. The race across Lake Pesaquid in Windsor, N.S., features padd...
Sep 17, 2019
Local filmmaker ready to premiere documentary on Medalta lost history
Medicine Hat, AB - When visiting the museum at Medalta, you'll learn about the clay district as it thrived from 1912 to 1954.According to local filmmaker Luke Fandrich though, the story of Medalta did...
Sep 17, 2019 Photo by Ross Lavigne
RCMP searching for suspects following CrossIron Mills shooting
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Police say they are going through video footage and talking to scores of witnesses in the search for a suspect in what's believed was a targeted shooting at a large Calgary-area shopp...
Sep 17, 2019
Meet the Candidate - Andrew Nelson (People's Party of Canada)
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Andrew Nelson says disillusionment with the Conservative Party of Canada led him to seek public office for the first time.The Cardston resident is hoping to help the People's Party ...
Sep 17, 2019 Andrew Nelson - People's Party of Canada
Drag racer Gaetz caps off championship season with another trophy
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Right from the hop, the Medicine Hat Drag Racing Association's junior lightning division was Tanner Gaetz's to lose.Bookmarking both ends of his racing season with victories, Gaetz ...
Sep 17, 2019 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin
Oil prices drop ahead of update on Saudi oil production
NEW YORK - Oil prices are falling a day after their biggest single-day jump in years due to a weekend attack on a key Saudi Arabia energy facility. U.S. oil fell nearly 5% to $59.96 a barrel Tuesday w...
Sep 17, 2019
Nurse's battle over fine for Facebook comments before Saskatchewan Appeal Court
REGINA - The lawyer for a Saskatchewan nurse who was disciplined for criticizing her grandfather's care on Facebook says the decision to punish her was based on numerous legal errors. Caroly...
Sep 17, 2019
Four Mounties sue attorney general over 2014 Moncton shootings
MONCTON, N.B. - Four RCMP officers who responded to the 2014 shootings in Moncton, N.B., that claimed the lives of three of their colleagues are suing the attorney general of Canada fo...
Sep 17, 2019
Gasol completes historic double, Spain wins World Cup
BEIJING - Marc Gasol looked to the sky as confetti fell, some sticking to his massive shoulders, and then cradled and kissed the giant golden chalice that goes to the World Cup champions. He's getting...
Sep 17, 2019
Bruins sign D McAvoy to 3-year, $14.7 million deal
BOSTON - Charlie McAvoy finally made it to training camp, and the Boston Bruins greeted him with a hearty stick tap salute. "I didn't want that," he said sheepishly on Sunday after returning to the de...
Sep 17, 2019