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IIHF decision looming on world junior men's hockey championship in Canada
EDMONTON - A decision has yet to be made on whether the 2021 world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., will be played with or without fans. The International Ice Hockey F...
Sep 01, 2020

Florida announces ban on nursing home visits will be lifted
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he will lift the state's ban on visiting nursing homes that has cut off vulnerable seniors from family since mid-March over fears o...
Sep 01, 2020

Lethbridge residents hold "die-in" protest following SCS closure
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Over 100 people gathered outside of Lethbridge City Hall to call for the Government of Alberta to reinstate funding to ARCHES.READ MORE: Province pulling funding from Lethbridge's SCS...
Sep 01, 2020

Statistics Canada preps new online inflation tool to better detail price impacts
OTTAWA - The national statistics agency is readying a new online tool designed to help Canadians track the impact of price changes on their spending during the pandemic. Statistics Canada already has ...
Sep 01, 2020

Sidewalks on Finlay Bridge to be closed for two days
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Finlay Bridge pedestrians will have to find another route to cross the South Saskatchewan River later this week.Both the east and west sidewalks will be closed for necessary repairs...
Sep 01, 2020

Quebec daycare workers begin rotating strike as talks set to resume this week
MONTREAL - Ten thousand Quebec unionized home daycare workers began the first of a series of rotating strikes Tuesday, after negotiations with the province failed to produce a deal. The group rep...
Sep 01, 2020

RCMP responding to review sparked by director facing national-security charges
OTTAWA - The RCMP says it is working to address the findings of an independent review of how the force handled employee complaints about bullying by a senior director who now awaits trial on national-...
Sep 01, 2020

Home invasion in Riverside on Monday evening
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Police are investigating a home invasion that took place in Riverside around 8:30 p.m. on Monday.Members of the Medicine Hat Police Service were called to the zero hundred block of ...
Sep 01, 2020

High vaccine use urged by Tam, Njoo to beat COVID-19, restore pre-pandemic life
OTTAWA - Canada's top public health officers say widespread vaccination of Canadians is the only way to corral COVID-19 and allow life to return to a semblance of its pre-pandemic state. Dr....
Sep 01, 2020

Penguins star Sidney Crosby undergoes wrist surgery
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby underwent arthroscopic wrist surgery on Monday but should be ready to go well before the start of training camp. The team announced the procedure on Tuesday. It ...
Sep 01, 2020