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COVID concerns on opponents forces postponement of two Tigers games
Two Medicine Hat Tigers games scheduled for this weekend have been postponed due to COVID issues on the opposing teams.The Tigers were to host the Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday and the Edmonton Oil K...
Jan 04, 2022
Free COVID-19 test kits available again in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB-- After they ran out during the late weeks of December, free COVID-19 home test kits are available in Medicine Hat today. Alberta Health tweeted the kits are on offer in several south...
Jan 04, 2022
Prosecutor drops groping charge against former NY Gov. Cuomo
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Albany's top prosecutor said Tuesday he is dropping a criminal charge accusing former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of fondling an aide. Albany County District Attorney David Soares' ...
Jan 04, 2022
Top CEOs in Canada were paid at second-highest level ever during the pandemic
OTTAWA - Canada's 100 highest-paid CEOs had their second-best year ever in 2020, even as the COVID-19 pandemic left this country in the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. "Despite the...
Jan 04, 2022
Flames owners say agreement with Calgary on new arena officially terminated
CALGARY - The company that owns the NHL's Calgary Flames says an agreement with the city on the construction of a new arena to replace the aging Scotiabank Saddledome has been terminated. Calgary Spor...
Jan 04, 2022
Local ski hill set to reopen this week
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Skiing may not be on the top of your list considering the frigid weather Alberta is seeing, but the option will be there once again in the Medicine Hat area soon. Provincial officia...
Jan 04, 2022
Suspects held after fake online sale of Indian Muslim women
NEW DELHI (AP) - Police in India have detained a man and a woman alleged to be involved in the offering for sale of prominent Muslim women on a fake online auction website, according to government off...
Jan 04, 2022
Families of Flight 752 victims to discuss court decision awarding $107M in damages
OTTAWA - Family members of some of the victims of the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet two years ago, along with their legal team, are holding a news conference today to discuss a court d...
Jan 04, 2022
More COVID restrictions, Indigenous child welfare settlement : In The News for Jan. 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 4... What we are watching in Canada ... O...
Jan 04, 2022
Parties set to discuss details of Indigenous child welfare settlement
OTTAWA - An agreement in principle that will see Ottawa pay billions in compensation to First Nations children harmed by an underfunded child welfare system is set to be announced in Ottawa today. Sou...
Jan 04, 2022