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Correction: Limiting Refugees story
HOUSTON - In a Jan. 10 story about the Texas governor's decision to reject future refugee resettlement, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of states that had not yet said whether the...
Jan 14, 2020

Canada's nuclear watchdog eyes lessons from Boeing 737 Max air crashes
OTTAWA - Canada's nuclear safety regulator is looking to draw valuable lessons from an unexpected source - the recent Boeing 737 Max airplane accidents. A working group set up by the Canadian Nuc...
Jan 14, 2020

Would-be Conservative leadership contenders grilled on their pasts
OTTAWA - Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's past became a problem during the 2019 federal election, and those vying to replace him will be grilled about theirs. Would-be candidates must...
Jan 14, 2020

Another 69 Canadians headed to help fight bushland fires in Australia
OTTAWA - Another 69 Canadians are heading to Australia this week to help fight the country's worst bush fires in recent memory. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the deployment...
Jan 14, 2020

Meth, carfentanil, cocaine seized in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Two people are facing multiple charges following a significant drug seizure in Medicine Hat this week.According to ALERT, the pair have been arrested and a warrant is being sought f...
Jan 14, 2020 Photo courtesy of ALERT's Medicine Hat organized crime team

BREAKING: Body found south of Medicine Hat, RCMP deeming death suspicious
CYPRESS COUNTY, AB - Alberta Major Crimes is investigation after a man's body was found south of Medicine Hat on Monday morning.According to RCMP, officers responded to a report of a man's body on a r...
Jan 14, 2020 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin

VIDEO: Running track completion closes chapter on Hat High's modernization project
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With a new decade, comes the beginning of a new era for the Mohawks and Kwahommies at Medicine Hat High School.After years of on-and-off construction, the final ribbon has been cut ...
Jan 14, 2020

'All Canadians stand with you:' Trudeau says crash families will get answers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's been "gut-wrenching" to listen to stories from relatives of 57 Canadians who perished in the downing of a Ukrainian jetliner in Iran last week. S...
Jan 14, 2020

Air force to spend hundred of millions more to keep CF-18s fighting fit
OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more to ensure Canada's aging CF-18s can still fight over the coming decade while the country waits for long-overd...
Jan 14, 2020

Experts see holes in international flight security rules, oversight
MONTREAL - Experts say the Iran plane crash points to a glaring gap in rules around flight security, with countries lacking incentives to close their own airspace and global agencies lacking the autho...
Jan 14, 2020