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Greens should investigate Annamie Paul's racism claims, says leadership contender
OTTAWA - The Green activist who came second to Annamie Paul in the last leadership race says he is being urged by many to stand again. Dimitri Lascaris, a Montreal-based lawyer and activist, is "vacil...
Sep 29, 2021
Learning together on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a day to remember the survivors of residential schools and the children lost."National Truth and Reconciliation Day is an impo...
Sep 29, 2021
School divisions managing COVID-19 cases after being back in session for a month
MEDICINE HAT, AB - As Alberta Health Services is no longer doing contact tracing in classrooms and has stopped notifying schools of positive cases, the Medicine Hat Public School Division has since cr...
Sep 29, 2021
Prisons bureau: Death toll in Ecuador prison clash tops 100
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - The death toll in a gang battle in a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has risen to more than 100 as authorities find more bodies, Ecuador's prison service said Wedne...
Sep 29, 2021
Alberta reports record 34 COVID-19 deaths
There are 673 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Wednesday.Medicine Hat has had 3,854 total cases - the 673 active, 3,129 recovered and there have been 52 deaths.There are 61 new cases in the...
Sep 29, 2021
Former Flames captain returns to Saddledome in Kraken colours
CALGARY - Mark Giordano didn't wait until the NHL regular season to return to the Saddledome. The former Flames captain feels it's important to get pre-season games in with the Seattle Kraken, who plu...
Sep 29, 2021
Truth and Reconciliation Day personal for new governor general, Mary May Simon
OTTAWA - Governor General Mary May Simon has some very personal reflections on the eve of Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. As the daughter of a white father and Inuk mother, M...
Sep 29, 2021
Woman convicted in death of toddler found outside Edmonton church granted day parole
EDMONTON - A woman convicted in the death of a 19-month-old boy found outside a church has been granted day parole for six months. Tasha-Lee Mack and her then-boyfriend Joey Crier were each charged wi...
Sep 29, 2021
Allard fights back following opposition NDP calling for her resignation
Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard issued a statement on her Facebook Wednesday afternoon, in response to the opposition NDP calling for her resignation.On Friday a newsletter was sent out by Allard to h...
Sep 29, 2021
Old-growth logging protesters dig in as company to Appeal Court's injunction denial
VICTORIA - A decision by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge refusing to extend an injunction against old-growth logging protesters did little to release pressure in the dispute as all sides hold s...
Sep 29, 2021