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Bail hearing to continue next week for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard
TORONTO - The bail hearing for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard will continue next week. Police have said he's charged with six counts of sexual assault and three counts of forcible confinement, wh...
Jan 07, 2022
Feds overhauling methane-reduction fund slammed by environment commissioner
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is overhauling a methane-reduction program that the environment commissioner slammed last fall as poorly designed and a waste of money. The third...
Jan 07, 2022
Father of Quebec girl murdered by stepmother sentenced to four years in prison
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A Quebec Superior Court judge today sentenced the father of a girl who was murdered by her stepmother in April 2019 to four years in prison for his role in events leading to her ...
Jan 07, 2022
27 out of 130 passengers on Sunwing party flight to Mexico back in Canada: Duclos
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says about 27 of the 130 passengers on the Sunwing party flight to Mexico have returned to Canada. Duclos told reporters today the returning traveller...
Jan 07, 2022
Advocates push for awareness of anti-Asian racism as new surveys highlight toll
OTTAWA - At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amy Go knew Canada was about to repeat history. The president of the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice said she braced herself for t...
Jan 07, 2022
Sledge Hockey Jamboree returns after one year off
MEDICINE HAT, AB - After waiting almost two years, the Medicine Hat Sledge Hockey Jamboree is only one week away.Two Medicine Hat teams will host one Calgary team in two separate divisions. The junior...
Jan 07, 2022
Tigers pause all activities due to COVID protocols
CALGARY - The Medicine Hat Tigers are one of 15 WHL clubs with players and staff exhibiting symptoms of or having tested positive for COVID-19, forcing them to pause all team activities.Two Tigers gam...
Jan 07, 2022
Premier renews promise Alberta will not mandate COVID-19 vaccinations
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations won't happen in Alberta, despite the federal government conceding such intervention may be necessary down the road.Kenney, in a sho...
Jan 07, 2022
Downhole shallow gas well abandonment at city parks
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Urban abandonment work will take place at four gas well sites in the city's south next week.Downhole abandonment activities will happen at uneconomic shallow gas wells in Somerset P...
Jan 07, 2022
Oilers place forward Kailer Yamamoto in NHL's COVID-19 protocol
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have placed Kailer Yamamoto in the NHL's COVID-19 protocol after the forward tested positive on a rapid test. Yamamoto was pulled from the Oilers' practice Friday after ...
Jan 07, 2022