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Seattle Kraken select Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano in expansion draft
The Seattle Kraken have picked Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano in Wednesday's expansion draft. The 37-year-old defenceman has played his entire 15-season NHL career in Calgary. He won the Norris ...
Jul 21, 2021
State of local emergency lifted after fatal crane collapse in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. - An evacuation order has been lifted in an area around the British Columbia construction site where five people died after a crane collapsed. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says ...
Jul 21, 2021
Miniseries filming in city looking for extras
MEDICINE HAT, AB - If you've dreamed of seeing yourself on a TV show that could become reality right here in Medicine Hat in the next few weeks.The producers of Angel Dust, a miniseries being filmed i...
Jul 21, 2021
Yukon to lift restrictions on travel and indoor gatherings as vaccination rates climb
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says rising vaccination rates mean several COVID-19 restrictions are expected to be lifted next month. Acting chief medical health officer Dr. Catherine Elliott says ...
Jul 21, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases up to 18 in Medicine Hat
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Medicine Hat has risen to 18 and to 649 province-wide.Medicine Hat has had 1,281 total cases - the 18 active, 1,241 recovered and there have been 22 deaths.There...
Jul 21, 2021
City manager says it is not standard practice to announce request for proposal
MEDICINE HAT, AB - City council could vote next month on whether to approve a controversial bid to privatize Invest Medicine Hat.Only one bid to take over land sales and economic development from the ...
Jul 21, 2021
Judge issues reasons for rejecting new evidence in Meng Wanzhou's extradition case
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge says she won't allow proposed new evidence in Meng Wanzhou's extradition case because it doesn't "expressly" support the Huawei executive's claim that the United...
Jul 21, 2021
Louisiana veto session ends with no bill rejections reversed
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana lawmakers ended their historic veto session Wednesday after two days in which Republicans failed to overturn any of Gov. John Bel Edwards' bill rejections, a signific...
Jul 21, 2021
O'Reilly accuser's appearance on 'The View' stopped by order
NEW YORK - "The View" cancelled a planned appearance Wednesday by a woman who settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Bill O'Reilly, after the former Fox News Channel personality sought and receiv...
Jul 21, 2021
Biden nominates tech exec, political adviser David Cohen as U.S. ambassador to Canada
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has nominated David Cohen, a tech executive who once served as chief of staff to the mayor of Philadelphia, to be his ambassador to Canada. Cohen, a lawyer, lobbyist a...
Jul 21, 2021