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No decision yet on Veiner Centre operator
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The who and how of operating the city-owned seniors' centre is still an open question, three months after the city put out a tender to find someone interested in the job.At the same...
Jan 08, 2021
Raptors guard Kyle Lowry to sit out against Sacramento for "personal reasons"
Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will sit out Friday night against the Sacramento Kings, with the team citing "personal reasons" on the pre-game injury report. The six-time all-star has started all se...
Jan 08, 2021
Workers on COVID units added to priority vaccine list
Alberta has opened COVID-19 vaccinations to health-care workers in COVID units, as well as medical and surgical units.The province says about 3,300 COVID unit staff and 15,400 medical and surgical uni...
Jan 08, 2021
NHL notebook: Jets' Heinola ready to play; Leafs' Andersen focused on task at hand
After helping Finland capture bronze at the world junior hockey championship this week in Edmonton, Ville Heinola was ready for a bit of a break. An entire week off from hockey wasn't quite what he ha...
Jan 08, 2021
Medicine Hat remains at 37 active COVID-19 cases
Medicine Hat's number of active COVID-19 cases is the same as it was Thursday and the day before.There are 37 active cases in Medicine Hat on Friday.The city now has had 487 total cases - the 37 activ...
Jan 08, 2021
Whale families bring along calf on return trip to traditional feeding grounds in B.C.
ALERT BAY, B.C. - Two northern resident killer whale families brought along a baby as they returned for the first time in 20 years to their traditional winter foraging grounds in British Columbia wate...
Jan 08, 2021
Curling Alberta cancels provincial playdowns, reps for nationals yet to be named
EDMONTON - Curling Alberta has cancelled plans to hold its provincial championships later this month in Sylvan Lake, Alta., due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The NexSource Centre was tabbed to host the Jan...
Jan 08, 2021
State lawmaker charged after entering Capitol with rioters
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Republican West Virginia state lawmaker has been federally charged for entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol after he livestreamed himself rushing into the building with...
Jan 08, 2021
Lethbridge-Medicine Hat with highest unemployment rate in Alberta last month
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The latest unemployment numbers are out for the province.In December, the jobless rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region was 10.5 percent. That's a jump from November's 9...
Jan 08, 2021
Holiday impaired driving incidents down, but still too many: MHPS
MEDICINE HAT, AB - In a year where work holiday parties and family gatherings were restricted and people overall were spending less time on the road, Medicine Hat Police Service didn't see much of a d...
Jan 08, 2021