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Playoff berth a good first step, Tigers hungry for more
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The 2022-23 season came to an end for the Medicine Hat Tigers last night, knocked out of the playoffs by the Winnipeg Ice in a four-game sweep.One day later, head coach and GM Willi...
Apr 06, 2023
US would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday from the Biden administration, but team...
Apr 06, 2023
US would bar full ban on trans athletes but allow exceptions
WASHINGTON (AP) - Schools and colleges across the U.S. would be forbidden from enacting outright bans on transgender athletes under a proposal released Thursday from the Biden administration, but team...
Apr 06, 2023
No evidence of homicide in case of woman's remains found in Winnipeg landfill: police
Winnipeg police say they have no evidence to suggest the death of an Indigenous woman whose body was found in a landfill Monday was a homicide. Police chief Danny Smyth says 33-year-old Linda Beardy w...
Apr 06, 2023
Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon raise risk of conflict
JERUSALEM (AP) - Militants in Lebanon fired a heavy barrage of rockets at Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, forcing people across Israel's northern frontier into bomb shelters, wounding a...
Apr 06, 2023
Wildfire threat grows as Florida drought gets steadily worse
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The threat of wildfires is growing in Florida over the coming weeks as more than half the state is experiencing severe to extreme drought conditions likely to persist until...
Apr 06, 2023
High court: Trans girl can run girls track in West Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 12-year-old transgender girl in West Virginia to continue competing on her middle school's girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban...
Apr 06, 2023
Snake on a plane! South African pilot finds cobra under seat
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A pilot in South Africa made a hasty emergency landing after discovering a highly venomous cobra hiding under his seat. Rudolf Erasmus had four passengers on board the l...
Apr 06, 2023
GOP lawmakers to vote on expelling Democrats in gun protest
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Thousands flocked to the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday to support three Democratic lawmakers facing possible expulsion for their role in a gun-control demonstration, cheering a...
Apr 06, 2023
Thirty per cent of Defence Department procurement positions vacant: internal report
OTTAWA - An internal Defence Department report has found that a shortage of procurement officials is hindering efforts to buy much-needed equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces. Recently published on...
Apr 06, 2023