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Defense rests at officer's trial over Daunte Wright's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The defense has rested in the trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Black motorist Daunte Wright. Kim Potter, 49, is charged with manslaughter in Wrig...
Dec 17, 2021
Spirit of Christmas Feast gives everyone a place to go at Christmas
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Making sure everyone has a place to go at Christmas has been the mission of one group of Hatters for the past nine years.That hasn't changed, even amid a second COVID Christmas. "Th...
Dec 17, 2021
Toughest sentence yet for any Capitol rioter: over 5 years
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Capitol rioter who attacked police officers working to hold back the angry pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6 was sentenced Friday to more than five years behind bars, the most so far for any...
Dec 17, 2021
Stuff the Cruiser at Redcliff's Family Foods
REDCLIFF, AB - There's an RCMP cruiser parked at the Family Foods store in Redcliff today and it will be there until 6 p.m. for the first Stuff the Cruiser event to benefit the emergency food pantry a...
Dec 17, 2021
Canada reinstates PCR test for all travellers, lifts ban on African countries
OTTAWA - Canada is bringing back a requirement for all travellers entering the country to have a pre-arrival negative molecular test result, even if they are returning after being away for under 72 ho...
Dec 17, 2021
AHS: Medicine Hat already out of free COVID-19 rapid test kits, more coming next week
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Alberta Health Services says Medicine Hat is out of free COVID-19 rapid test kits.The kits were being distributed at the AHS Community Health Services Clinic on Dunmore Road. The cl...
Dec 17, 2021
Youth add helping hand to Foremost Christmas campaign
FOREMOST, AB - The annual Christmas Giving Campaign in Foremost is underway and some area youth are among Santa's helpers.Students from Foremost School and members of the Shortgrass 4-H Beef Club help...
Dec 17, 2021
Manitoba judge to rule on battle over Progressive Conservative leadership
WINNIPEG - A judge is to rule today in a fight over the leadership of Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives. Shelly Glover, who finished a close second in the party's Oct. 30 leadership race,...
Dec 17, 2021
Justin Trudeau shares father's dislike of clause allowing override of charter rights
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shares his late father's disdain for the constitutional "notwithstanding clause" and he's not ruling out asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on Quebec's pre-emp...
Dec 17, 2021
Politics versus practicalities: the cross-border battle over Biden's EV tax credits
WASHINGTON - The tax-credit scheme that President Joe Biden is proposing to encourage U.S. consumers to buy more electric vehicles might never be implemented in its current form, say veterans observer...
Dec 17, 2021