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Dominant Verstappen motivated as the heavy favourite at Canadian Grand Prix
MONTREAL - Red Bull's Max Verstappen is so far ahead of the pack in the Formula One standings he recently expressed a desire for more competition. But whether that happens or not won't affect his ambi...
Jun 15, 2023
River restoration project showing positive environmental impact
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The South East Alberta Watershed Alliance (SEAWA) says a conservation project that started five years ago is now having a positive effect on our river system. A wall that runs along...
Jun 15, 2023
Conservationists target three invasive species harmful to Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Local naturalists continue their battle to remove invasive species in green spaces around Medicine Hat. This year they have identified three plant species that are causing serious p...
Jun 15, 2023
Florida man executed for 1984 killings of teenage babysitter, mother of 2 slain months apart
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man was executed Thursday for killing a 14-year-old babysitter and a 38-year-old mother of two in separate attacks months apart in 1984 while children were sleeping in th...
Jun 15, 2023
RCMP say 15 dead after bus collides with semi truck in Manitoba
CARBERRY, Man. - RCMP say 15 people are dead after a bus carrying people from Dauphin, Man., many of them seniors, collided with a semi truck.Police say 10 people have also been sent to hospital.The c...
Jun 15, 2023
'Vindication': Appeal court reinstates justice of the peace who critiqued bail system
OTTAWA - Justice of the peace Julie Lauzon will return to the bench following an Ontario Court of Appeal ruling in her favour, which found the punishment she received for writing a 2016 column critici...
Jun 15, 2023
Noon Interview: Ivan Reimer June 15
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The ride will take them from Irvine to Bow Island to Hays to Tilley and back to Medicine Hat but their hearts will be in Arkansas.On Saturday, area bikers will take part in the Ride...
Jun 15, 2023
Former Minister of Sport Kirsty Duncan renews call for safe sport inquiry
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan has again called for an inquiry into Canada's safe sport crisis. Duncan spoke before the standing committee on Canadian Heritage, outlining seven steps she believes w...
Jun 15, 2023
Four found dead in Prince Rupert, B.C., home; police say deaths considered homicide
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - There's a large police presence at a home in the northwest British Columbia city of Prince Rupert where four people were found dead. A neighbour, who didn't want to disclose her ...
Jun 15, 2023
State of emergency to be lifted in Lytton, B.C., two years after fire destroyed town
LYTTON, B.C. - Almost two years after a wildfire ripped through Lytton, B.C., residents will soon be able to return to their properties. Council for the Village of Lytton has voted to allow the local ...
Jun 15, 2023