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From heroes to targets: At an Ontario hospital, anti-vax protests weigh on staff
Nicole Corry says she didn't become a personal support worker to be called a hero. But she never anticipated that she would be villainized as she puts her health and family's welfare on the line to ca...
Feb 03, 2022
Locals' first-hand views of Ottawa protest much different than reports
OTTAWA - The descriptions of what's happening with the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa differ from what some Medicine Hat people are seeing for themselves.Ken and Debbie Enslen have been parked about two and...
Feb 03, 2022
MP Motz says Conservative party is unified and can show Canadians the way forward
OTTAWA - Medicine Hat's member of parliament says the Conservative Party of Canada is unified following the ouster of its leader.Tory MPs voted 73-45 on Wednesday to remove Erin O'Toole."I'm glad the ...
Feb 03, 2022
U.S.-bound trucks moving toward Coutts after brief blockade near Milk River
MILK RIVER, AB - Trucks are again rolling south toward the main U.S. border crossing in southern Alberta.A new blockade on the highway leading to the Coutts border crossing briefly choked off traffic ...
Feb 03, 2022
Ex-Chicago officer who killed Laquan McDonald leaves prison
CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for killing Black teenager Laquan McDonald - an early...
Feb 03, 2022
Quebec court says justice minister's intervention on judge bilingualism illegal
MONTREAL - The Quebec Superior Court has ruled that the province's justice minister does not get to decide whether judges can be required to speak English as well as French. The case was centred aroun...
Feb 03, 2022
Bayern Munich says Davies is fine but "bored" as he recovers from myocarditis
Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian star Alphonso Davies is fine but bored as he recovers from myocarditis following a bout with COVID-19. Bayern said Jan. 5 that the 21-year-old fro...
Feb 03, 2022
Police in England say young Vernon, B.C., woman murdered in Essex, man in custody
Police in Essex, England, say a 19-year-old British Columbia woman has been murdered and a man is under arrest. A statement from Essex Police says 19-year-old Ashley Wadsworth of Vernon died Tuesday, ...
Feb 03, 2022
Write a letter for a senior in a care facility
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program doesn't think one day is enough for Family Day. They'll be celebrating it all month long.The first event is Letters 4 Seniors on Feb. 6, to cel...
Feb 03, 2022
Poland, Czech governments sign deal on lignite mine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The prime ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic say they have signed an agreement settling a long-running dispute over a lignite mine on the border of the two countries. Pol...
Feb 03, 2022