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Council approves plan for RV storage at old mill site
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Changes could be coming to a central Medicine Hat site that has sat empty for a decade.Council unanimously supported a recommendation to allow for temporary RV storage at the ground...
Sep 19, 2023
Statistics Canada to release inflation figures for August this morning
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will release its latest reading on inflation this morning. The agency will publish its consumer price index for August. Economists are forecasting inflation reaccelerated to...
Sep 19, 2023
Liberal foreign aid looks to bolster feminism, cut red tape for charities: Hussen
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says he's focused on speeding up aid funding while cementing the Trudeau government's feminist approach to development abroad. In his first int...
Sep 19, 2023
Long-secret Canadian intelligence sealed Avro Arrow's cancellation, new paper says
OTTAWA - The Diefenbaker government's 1959 decision to scrap the fabled Avro Arrow was significantly influenced by Canadian intelligence that pointed to a diminishing need for the costly aircraft in t...
Sep 19, 2023
Saskatchewan judge to hear injunction application over school pronoun policy
REGINA - A Saskatchewan judge is to hear an injunction application that seeks to halt the province's policy affecting children who use different pronouns at school. Lawyers for UR Pride, an organizati...
Sep 19, 2023
Economic development getting more money for staff and projects
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The city's economic development department is getting a funding boost to hire new staff and another so staff can put three projects into action.Medicine Hat Economic Development's r...
Sep 18, 2023
Rotary clubs combine to purchase Monarch Theatre
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The historic Monarch Theatre has new owners.Medicine Hat city council approved the $100,000 sale to the Monarch 1911 Society, a not-for-profit group directed by members of Medicine ...
Sep 18, 2023
Fung, Bouchard, Zhao bounced in Guadalajara Open singles matches
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., Stacey Fung of Vancouver and Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont., all met their match in Mexico on Tuesday, losing second-day singles showdowns...
Sep 18, 2023
Girl found dead in B.C. park had 'blunt force' injuries: sexual assault expert
VANCOUVER - A sexual assault expert testifying at the British Columbia Supreme Court trial of a man accused of killing a 13-year-old girl six years ago says she believes the girl's injuries were "high...
Sep 18, 2023
Search the Landfill day of solidarity held at city hall
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Today, at seventeen locations across Canada, Indigenous groups and allies across the country gathered to support the "Search the Landfill" initiative. This national movement was cre...
Sep 18, 2023