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EXPLAINER: Doubts raised as execution nears for Julius Jones
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The fate of Julius Jones - who has served almost 20 years on death row, even as numerous questions raised doubts about his guilt - rests with Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt. Only hours...
Nov 17, 2021
Toronto Arrows trade Canadian international centre Ben LeSage to Los Angeles Giltinis
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows have traded Canadian international centre Ben LeSage, a first-team Major League Rugby all-star this season, to the Los Angeles Giltinis. The Arrows team acquired the right...
Nov 17, 2021
Brigitte Thibault headlines Golf Canada's 2022 amateur teams
Brigitte Thibault of Rosemere, Que., headlined the 2022 class of Golf Canada's amateur teams announced on Wednesday. Thibault, a grad student at the University of Texas, has been on Canada's amateur t...
Nov 17, 2021
Abbotsford Canucks postpone games due to catastrophic flooding, state of emergency
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Abbotsford Canucks' two games this week against the Bakersfield Condors have been postponed due to catastrophic flooding in and around the city. The Canucks (4-4-3) and Condors ...
Nov 17, 2021
Mississippi executes man who killed wife, terrorized family
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - A man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and terrorizing their family has become the first person executed in Mississippi since 2012. David Neal Cox received a let...
Nov 17, 2021
Medicine Hat surpasses 50,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat has reached a new milestone in the fight against COVID-19, 50,000 residents have now received their first dose of a vaccine.The City of Medicine Hat's director of emerg...
Nov 17, 2021
B.C. disaster to impact local supply chains: expert
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The pandemic has brought on a number of shortages of goods and services already, but an unfolding disaster in B.C. will likely mean even more supply issues, businesses and academics...
Nov 17, 2021
Accused in mall stabbing found not criminally responsible
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A man who stabbed his father in the neck at the Medicine Hat Mall in January 2020 has been found not criminally responsible on the most serious charge he faced.Paul Fabreau, 42, was...
Nov 17, 2021
Province giving cities money to expand homeless shelter facilities
Medicine Hat is one of several Alberta cities getting money from the province to help protect the homeless this winter.The provincial government made the announcement in Edmonton this morning.Accordin...
Nov 17, 2021
How a right-wing provocateur is using race to reach Gen Z
MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) - Charlie Kirk stood 80 miles from where George Floyd was murdered, faced an overwhelmingly white audience, and declared he was going to say things "no one dares say out loud."...
Nov 17, 2021