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Be COVID-19 smart on St. Patrick's Day, officials urge; some tighten restrictions
TORONTO - Officials across Canada are relying on common sense and added restrictions in some cases rather than on the traditional luck of the Irish to keep St. Patrick's Day from becoming a COVID-19 s...
Mar 16, 2021
In a season of uncertainty, Moore-Towers, Marinaro excited to get back on ice
Since the world championships were wiped out a year ago by COVID-19, it's been a stop-and-start season of cancellations and uncertainty for Canadian figure skaters. How crazy has it been? The world ch...
Mar 16, 2021
Mental health video series The Beej Project making 'impactful' change
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Early on as Brandon Niwa's family mourned his loss last spring, the family knew they wanted to keep his memory alive and make impactful change. They donated $100,000 to Medicine Hat...
Mar 16, 2021
At work, rest or play, fishing has always remained a real obsession for Dave Mercer
When Dave Mercer was in high school, a poster adorned his locker. But it wasn't of a big-name pro athlete or a favourite actor. Rather, it was of pro angler Hank Parker with his '89 Bassmasters Classi...
Mar 16, 2021
Alberta energy minister defends war room petition attack on children's Bigfoot movie
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister is defending her government's attack on a children's movie about Bigfoot, calling its anti-oil message inaccurate and "quite offensive." Sonya Savage also says it'...
Mar 16, 2021
Canada's Riech races virtually alone en route to world record in the 1,500 metres
Nate Riech pumped a fist and let out a loud "Yes!" when he crossed the finish line Saturday. His voice surely carried like a loudspeaker on full volume in the near-empty stadium. Riech shattered his o...
Mar 16, 2021
Downtown businesses headed to polls to determine future of CCDA
MEDICINE HAT, AB- Downtown stakeholders will be headed to the polls to determine whether or not to disband the CCDA. Medicine Hat City Council passed first reading of the bylaw at Monday's meeting.Adv...
Mar 16, 2021
Original 'SNL' player's memoir looks back in fondness, humour
LOS ANGELES - If Laraine Newman recounted only her experiences as an original "Saturday Night Live" player - a storied ensemble that included Gilda Radner and John Belushi - she'd have plenty of memoi...
Mar 16, 2021
Venezuelan teen sells drawings on Twitter to buy food
BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela - Samuel Andrs Mendoza carefully chooses from dozens of colored pencils spread out on his kitchen table, humming a reggaeton song as he deftly applies contrast to the Dragon Ba...
Mar 16, 2021
Conditions less than optimal heading into spring seeding in Cypress County
DUNMORE, AB. - Other than the major snow storm in the first week of November, it's been a fairly open winter across Cypress County, and as spring seeding gets closer, the lack of surface moisture is a...
Mar 16, 2021