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Medicine Hat Public School Division short 23 substitutes Monday morning, every class still covered
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The potential substitute shortage Medicine Hat Public School Division was concerned about when students and teachers went back to school after Christmas break became a reality on Mo...
Jan 25, 2022

Community paramedics offering mobile vaccine clinics to where it’s needed most
MEDICINE HAT, AB - One by one, people line up to get their first, second and third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at The Mustard Seed.This location is one of many that community paramedic Gareth Hughes ...
Jan 25, 2022

Big Papi elected to HOF; Bonds, Clemens, Schilling left out
David Ortiz was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first turn on the ballot, while steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were denied entry to Cooperstown in their final year und...
Jan 25, 2022

Hospitals under strain as number of COVID inpatients keeps rising: Copping
The province's health minister says Albertans shouldn't develop a false sense of security with the number of confirmed active COVID-19 cases dropping over the past week."As in previous waves, hospital...
Jan 25, 2022

Public safety minister calls for removal of Hillier 'hate' tweet about Alghabra
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is calling on Twitter to remove a tweet from an Ontario politician who labelled federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra a "terrorist." Mendicino says t...
Jan 25, 2022

Erin O’Toole faces calls for early leadership reviews by three riding associations
OTTAWA - Three Conservative riding associations have expressed their wish to see Erin O'Toole's leadership put to an early test. A motion passed Saturday by the board of the Foothills riding associati...
Jan 25, 2022

WATCH: Copping, Hinshaw to provide COVID-19 update
Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Health Minister Jason Copping and chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provide an update on COVID-19.
Jan 25, 2022

Judge leaves New York indoor mask mandate in place, for now
A New York appeals judge left the state's indoor mask mandate in place Tuesday while Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration appeals a lower court's decision to overturn it. Judge Robert Miller granted the...
Jan 25, 2022

Capsized boat found near Florida; 39 people missing
MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard was searching on Tuesday for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be piloted by human smugglers capsized off Florida's coast en route from the ...
Jan 25, 2022

City launches Project Hope to bring Hatters together
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The City of Medicine Hat's Community Development department has high hopes for its new initiative."Project Hope is really the beginning of what we hope is a community conversation a...
Jan 25, 2022