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O'Toole mum on vaccination status of four absent Conservative MPs
OTTAWA - Four Conservative MPs have been absent from the House of Commons since it passed a motion tightening the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, with Leader Erin O'Toole refusing to say why. O...
Dec 06, 2021
Medicine Hat Cubs honour three former players at memorial game
MEDICINE HAT, AB - There were more stick taps than usual at an emotional Medicine Hat Cubs game on Sunday. The team paid tribute to three former players who have died by suicide, holding a memorial ga...
Dec 06, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases creep up in Medicine Hat, down province-wide
There are 72 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Monday.Medicine Hat has had 4,595 total cases - the 72 active, 4,445 recovered and there have been 78 deaths.There are 11 new cases in the city...
Dec 06, 2021
Santa Claus making visits to Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's the busy time of year at the North Pole but the big man in the red suit is still making time for kids in our community. Santa Claus himself was spotted at Kin Coulee Park on Su...
Dec 06, 2021
Military's water purification system up and running again in Iqaluit
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Canadian Armed Forces says its water purification system in Iqaluit is up and running again after it was down for two weeks. The military has been in the Nunavut capital of 8,00...
Dec 06, 2021
Emmett Till investigation closed by Justice Department
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department told relatives of Emmett Till on Monday that it is ending its investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, to...
Dec 06, 2021
B.C. moves to recovery management phase after floods; most military leaving province
VICTORIA - Gas rationing will continue in British Columbia as the Trans Mountain pipeline starts its transition to full service after floods and slides. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says the ...
Dec 06, 2021
'Not getting on a plane any time soon': Deportation decision delayed in Broncos case
CALGARY - A decision on whether a former truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash should be deported to India likely won't be coming until the new year. A lawyer for Jaskirat Sing...
Dec 06, 2021
Travellers who've forgotten to use ArriveCan app can now give details at the border
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he's instructed border officials to allow travellers to give their travel information at the border if they've forgotten or haven't been able to us...
Dec 06, 2021
CP Rail train carrying liquid petroleum derails in Vulcan County
ENSIGN, AB - No evacuations are being required at this time, but a train has derailed in southern Alberta.Alberta Emergency Alert started at 1:35 a.m. on Dec. 6, 39 cars derailed approximately half a ...
Dec 06, 2021