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Our Town: Wings Over Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - In the new episode of Our Town, we learn about the important role Medicine Hat played in helping to win the Second World War and one of the reminders still standing today.New episod...
Jun 29, 2023
Catcher Alejandro Kirk returns to Blue Jays roster after stint on 10-day injury list
TORONTO - Catcher Alejandro Kirk has returned from the Toronto Blue Jays 10-day injured list. Kirk had been out with a left hand laceration after being hit by a pitch. The all-star catcher will be act...
Jun 29, 2023
Three Brooks Bandits players picked in 2023 NHL Draft
BROOKS, AB - Three players from the Brooks Bandits and one incoming recruit have been directly drafted into the NHL today.Forward Hudson Malinoski was selected in the 5th round, 153rd overall, by the ...
Jun 29, 2023
Transgender Kansas residents can keep updating their documents despite a new law, governor says
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The Democratic governor in Kansas declared Thursday that the state will keep allowing transgender residents to alter their driver's licenses and birth certificates, despite a new l...
Jun 29, 2023
Educator and TV host Sue Johanson, who helped destigmatize the joy of sex, dead at 93
TORONTO - With her wire-rim glasses and grandmotherly demeanour, Sue Johanson seemed an unlikely candidate to be Canadian TV's foremost sex guru.But her straight talk about anal, oral and solo sex ear...
Jun 29, 2023
B.C. staff who failed to check on two abused foster children lose jobs: ministry
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says staff members at the Children's Ministry who failed to check on two Indigenous children who were systematically abused by their foster parents have lost...
Jun 29, 2023
NHL draft: Oilers ship Kailer Yamamoto to Red Wings in salary dump
NASHVILLE - NHL teams got back to wheeling and dealing on the second day of the NHL draft. After the quietest opening round on the trade front in 16 years - there were exactly zero moves made during W...
Jun 29, 2023
Canada's Carol Zhao advances to Wimbledon main draw with win in qualifying
LONDON - Canada's Carol Zhao advanced to the Wimbledon main draw with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over American CoCo Vanderweghe in the third round of qualifying on Thursday. Zhao will be making her first-ever...
Jun 29, 2023
Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95
ATLANTA (AP) - Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her "beloved aunt" died Thursday. She was 95....
Jun 29, 2023
NFL suspends 3 players indefinitely, fourth gets 6 games for violating gambling policy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The NFL suspended three players indefinitely Thursday for violating the league's gambling policy and a fourth was sidelined for six games. Isaiah Rodgers and Rashod Berry of th...
Jun 29, 2023