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Promise tracker: What the parties are pitching on the campaign trail
OTTAWA - A running list of specific promises announced by the Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Green party since the official start of the federal election campaign on Aug. 15. Liberals Aug. 25: Raise...
Aug 25, 2021
Prosecutor: South Dakota AG to take plea deal in fatal crash
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg will avoid a trial and take a plea deal for misdemeanor traffic charges in a crash last year in which he hit and killed a man who was ...
Aug 25, 2021
Canadian imams urge Muslim community to get vaccinated against COVID-19
CALGARY - Canadian imams are urging members of the Muslim community to get vaccinated to protect themselves and others from COVID-19. Twenty-five religious leaders have issued a joint statement pointi...
Aug 25, 2021
Local family travelling to Spokane for young daughter's scoliosis treatment
MEDICINE HAT, AB - While holding his little girl, James Winslow says "You're a little warrior."He knows his daughter will get through this.Year and a half old Nova Winslow is a happy, intelligent litt...
Aug 25, 2021
Torrent of online 'toxicity,' including hate, targeting election candidates: study
OTTAWA, Kan. - A project examining more than 350,000 comments sent to candidates on Twitter during the first week of the federal election campaign found more than a quarter of the tweets were consider...
Aug 25, 2021
Liberals promise to make profitable banks contribute billions to economic recovery
SURREY, B.C. - The federal Liberals are pledging to make Canada's profitable financial sector contribute billions of dollars annually to help people bounce back from the hard times of the COVID-19 pan...
Aug 25, 2021
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pledges to lower cellphone and internet bills
WINDSOR, Ont. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he would work to lower Canadians' cellphone and internet bills. Singh that he would mandate a cap on the average price of a cellphone or internet plan as ...
Aug 25, 2021
House panel probing 1/6 riot seeks host of Trump-era records
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the January insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is demanding a host of records from Donald Trump's White House and several of his administration's inte...
Aug 25, 2021
Canadian cyclist Shaw, swimmer Rivard capture bronze at Paralympics
TOKYO - Settling herself onto her bike, Keely Shaw looked up at coach Sebastien Travers and said "I got this." The 27-year-old from Midale, Sask., held off a late surge from Australia's Meg Lemon to c...
Aug 25, 2021
Police Point Park will be hopping on Sunday
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Hop down to Police Point Park on Sunday to learn about grasshoppers.The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is hosting Hoppin' with (grass) Hoppers at 11 a.m. at the Nature Centre.Peo...
Aug 25, 2021