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Rubio says El Salvador has offered to accept deportees from US of any nationality
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says El Salvador's president has offered to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality as well as violent American criminals...
Feb 03, 2025

Hatcher Sr. staying with Lions on restructured contract
VANCOUVER - American Keon Hatcher Sr. is on the receiving end of a restructured contract with the B.C. Lions and will return for a fifth season with the CFL club. The six-foot-one, 212-pound wide rece...
Feb 03, 2025

What's Canadian? Here's a list of products
A movement to purchase Canadian products over U.S. goods exploded across social media after U.S. President Donald Trump said threatened tariffs would come into effect on Tuesday.Canada was able to sec...
Feb 03, 2025

Medicine Hat company to give away 'Made in Canada' labels amid tariff tensions
SpeedPro Signs in Medicine Hat is planing to distribute decals that are intended for labelling products that are made in Canada.-READ: Canada receives 30-day tariff reprieve after Trudeau calls Trump-...
Feb 03, 2025

Canadian Ismael Kone moves clubs in France, joins Rennes on loan from Marseille
RENNES - Canadian international winger Ismael Kone has moved clubs in France, joining Rennes on a season-long loan from Marseille. For the 22-year-old from Montreal, it's a chance to establish himself...
Feb 03, 2025

Extreme cold warning for Medicine Hat area ends, expert warns of frostbite
An extreme cold warning alert issued for Medicine Hat and area ended late Monday afternoon.Temperatures will drop to -35 C overnight but rise to -21 C with snow on Tuesday, according to Environment Ca...
Feb 03, 2025

B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial for husband in 'rape role-play' case
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal says a man convicted of sexually assaulting his wife deserves a new trial because messages between the pair about a consensual "rape role-play" scenario were wrong...
Feb 03, 2025

'PJs for a Purpose' aims to create a sports-themed room at Medicine Hat's hospital
An initiative to create a sports-themed room at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital's pediatric unit is underway with PJs for a Purpose - which will allow participants to wear their bedtime attire to w...
Feb 03, 2025

Quebec follows federal government and delays capital gains tax hike until 2026
QUBEC - Quebec's Finance Department says it is following the federal government's lead and delaying a planned hike in the capital gains tax until Jan. 1, 2026. The federal Liberals said in their April...
Feb 03, 2025

Interprovincial trade barriers: what they are, why they exist and how to cut them
OTTAWA - The Trump administration's on-again, off-again threat to impose damaging tariffs has boosted an old idea for driving economic growth in Canada: eliminating interprovincial trade barriers. "Th...
Feb 03, 2025