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Active number of COVID-19 cases slowly declining in city and province
There are 208 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Friday.Medicine Hat has had 4,358 total cases - the 208 active, 4,076 recovered and there have been 74 deaths.There are 16 new cases in the ci...
Oct 22, 2021
Sen. Forest-Niesing hospitalized despite being fully vaccinated against COVID-19
OTTAWA - Sen. Jose Forest-Niesing is in hospital after contracting COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated. Her office says the 56-year-old Sudbury senator is no longer in intensive care and is hopef...
Oct 22, 2021
Memorial to residential school victims removed from Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - A Parliament Hill memorial for Indigenous children who never returned from residential schools has been dismantled. The memorial - pairs of children's shoes, stuffed toys, messages and other ...
Oct 22, 2021
General appeals judge's ruling on reinstatement to COVID-19 vaccine campaign
OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is appealing after a Federal Court judge struck down his request for reinstatement as the head of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign. Fortin's legal team fi...
Oct 22, 2021
Bombers running back Oliveira ready for spotlight as Winnipeg hosts B.C. Lions
WINNIPEG - Brady Oliveira is ready to be in the spotlight again. The Blue Bombers running back will make his fourth start of the season in place of injured Andrew Harris when Winnipeg hosts the B.C. L...
Oct 22, 2021
Saskatchewan Roughriders want a win in third straight meeting with Calgary Stampeders
CALGARY - Will the third time be the charm for the Saskatchewan Roughriders? The Roughriders (5-4) face Calgary (5-5) at McMahon Stadium on Saturday in Saskatchewan's third straight meeting with the S...
Oct 22, 2021
Toronto FC looks to spoil Montreal's playoff run in latest instalment of derby match
TORONTO - The juices still flow for a Montreal-Toronto derby, even if one team is 17 points behind the other. Sixth-place CF Montreal (11-10-9) looks to consolidate its place above the playoff line in...
Oct 22, 2021
Winnipeg Blue Bombers put veteran running back Andrew Harris on six-game injured list
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will have to try and clinch top spot in the West Division standings Saturday without running back Andrew Harris. The Blue Bombers placed the 34-year-old Winnipeg n...
Oct 22, 2021
Josh Alexander is Bound For Glory against Canadian wrestling icon Christian Cage
Less than two months ago, Josh Alexander was laid off from his day job working construction in southern Ontario. Now he's headlining one of the biggest professional wrestling shows of the year. Alexan...
Oct 22, 2021
Pens' star Crosby: still no timetable for return from injury
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) - Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby still isn't sure when he will be cleared to return after he had left wrist surgery last month. Crosby skated with his teammates fo...
Oct 22, 2021