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Medicine Hat city council direct staff to look into transformer replacement process options
Medicine Hat city council has directed staff to report on back on the logic, clarity and fairness of the current transformer replacement process that can see residents pay thousands of dollars to upgr...
Feb 18, 2025

Backcountry skier killed in avalanche near Golden, B.C.
A backcountry skier in B.C. has been killed in an avalanche near the community of Golden. The RCMP says two men were reported unaccounted for at 10 p.m. Monday night, and had not been heard from since...
Feb 18, 2025

PWHL-leading Victoire get wake-up call in loss: 'It's a good learning lesson'
LAVAL, Que. - Kori Cheverie saw the signs coming. The Montreal Victoire head coach wanted her team to extend its winning streak to seven games. She also saw the positives of getting a wake-up call at ...
Feb 18, 2025

Man who attacked Japan's ex-Prime Minister Kishida convicted and sentenced to 10 years, reports say
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court on Wednesday convicted a man who threw a homemade pipe bomb at Japan's former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a 2023 campaign event, sentencing him to 10 years in prison,...
Feb 18, 2025

Maddie Rooney makes 21 saves, Frost blank PWHL-leading Victoire 4-0
LAVAL, Que. - Maddie Rooney made 21 saves for her first shutout this season to lead the Minnesota Frost past the league-leading Montreal Victoire 4-0 on Tuesday in the Professional Women's Hockey Leag...
Feb 18, 2025

Incumbent Democratic-backed Wisconsin education chief Underly advances in primary
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's Democratic-backed incumbent state schools leader advanced in Tuesday's three-person primary, overcoming challenges from a union-backed superintendent and an advocate f...
Feb 18, 2025

Medicine Hat opts out of Alberta's rural immigration jobs program
The City of Medicine Hat on Tuesday put on pause its participation in a key provincial immigration program after recent federal policy shifts. Council voted unanimously to suspend Rural Renewal Stream...
Feb 18, 2025

2 people killed in Oregon avalanche near a snowmobile trail, authorities say
BEND, Ore. (AP) - Two people were killed in an avalanche in Oregon's Cascade Mountains, authorities said Tuesday. The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office said that its search and rescue unit had recover...
Feb 18, 2025

US GM Guerin would welcome Trump for 4 Nations Face-Off title game
BOSTON (AP) - The general manager of the United States team in the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament said he would welcome a visit from President Donald Trump to the championship game between the U.S. and...
Feb 18, 2025

City of Medicine Hat crews working overnight to clear gutters with thaw expected
The City of Medicine Hat's municipal works department is working on clearing snow in the Crescent Heights area to help with drainage as warm weather is expected soon. ---A quarter of the snow removal ...
Feb 18, 2025