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6 killed, 13 injured in Las Vegas apartment building fire
LAS VEGAS - A fire in a three-story apartment building in downtown Las Vegas where residents were apparently using their stoves for heat killed six people and forced some residents to jump from upper-...
Dec 23, 2019

France says it carries out first armed drone strike in Mali
PARIS - France's defence ministry announced Monday it had carried out its first armed drone strike, killing seven Islamic extremists in central Mali over the weekend. France joins a tiny group of coun...
Dec 23, 2019

Dancer born with one hand makes Radio City Rockettes history
NEW YORK - A dancer born with one hand is the first person with a visible disability ever hired by New York's famed Radio City Rockettes. "I don't want to be known as the dancer who has one hand, and ...
Dec 23, 2019

Residents of NW Syria flee new government offensive
BEIRUT - Syrian government forces pressed ahead Monday with a new military assault on the country's last rebel stronghold that began last week, an offensive that has set off a mass exodus of civilians...
Dec 23, 2019

Canadian 'whistleblower' detained for years in Middle East to learn fate Tuesday
MONTREAL - The family of a Canadian geologist jailed in Dubai on fraud charges is cautiously optimistic he'll be exonerated in a court hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Andre Gauthier...
Dec 23, 2019

Judge authorizes plan to transform six Quebec dailies into employee cooperatives
MONTREAL - Quebec's Superior Court has authorized a plan that transforms six insolvent regional French-language newspapers across the province into employee cooperatives and reduces pen...
Dec 23, 2019

Company seeks injunction: Co-op, union in court over pickets at Regina refinery
REGINA - A nearly three-week labour dispute between a Saskatchewan petroleum refinery and hundreds of its workers moved from the picket line into the courtroom Monday, with the company seeking an inju...
Dec 23, 2019

Rubble the dog up for adoption
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Rubble has come a long away since being abandoned in September.He along with his brother Petey were dropped off at Pet Park Boarding but the owner never came back for them. Both wer...
Dec 23, 2019 Rubble the dog up for adoption at Pet Park Boarding. Photo by Ross Lavigne.

Local businesses thankful for support through holiday season
Medicine Hat, AB - As people run to the stores one final time before Christmas, the push for supporting local business continues.Cyclepath owner, Greg Watson says that customers get a better shopping ...
Dec 23, 2019 Photo by Bob Schneider

Woman charged in restaurant theft
Medicine Hat, AB--A 36 year old Medicine Hat woman is facing charges following an internal theft investigation.Police determined an estimated $315,000 was taken from a local restaurant between October...
Dec 23, 2019 File Photo