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Fish buyer in P.E.I. opens plant to promote Canada's sustainable tuna fishery
A tuna buyer in Prince Edward Island has opened Canada's first federally licensed plant to process bluefin tuna for the world sushi market. Jason Tompkins of OneTuna, says after 18 years as a tuna buy...
Aug 14, 2019
RCMP 'sitting on' watchdog report into alleged spying on anti-oil protesters
OTTAWA - A civil liberties group is accusing the RCMP of sitting for two years on a watchdog report into alleged Mountie surveillance of anti-oil protesters. In a recent letter to RCMP Commission...
Aug 14, 2019
South Korea to remove Japan from preferred trade list
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea said Monday that it has decided to remove Japan from a list of nations receiving preferential treatment in trade in what was seen as a tit-for-tat move followin...
Aug 14, 2019
Questions swirl around Epstein's monitoring before suicide
NEW YORK - One of Jeffrey Epstein's two guards the night he hanged himself in his federal jail cell wasn't a regular correctional officer, according to people familiar with the detention centre, which...
Aug 13, 2019
Rattai hired as Mavericks assistant GM
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Nolan Rattai isn't quite finished with his hometown team.Three days after playing his final game of collegiate baseball, the Medicine Hat Mavericks confirmed Rattai has been hired a...
Aug 13, 2019
Reports: Forward Kelly Olynyk out for Canada at upcoming FIBA World Cup
Forward Kelly Olynyk will reportedly be unable to compete for Canada at the upcoming FIBA World Cup. Several media reports say that Olynyk will be sidelined by a knee injury he sustained last wee...
Aug 13, 2019
City of Medicine Hat staying hands off as more cannabis retailers open
MEDICINE HAT, AB - In a matter of months, the retail market for recreational cannabis has exploded in Medicine Hat and across Alberta.On Saturday, two new cannabis retail locations opened up shop in t...
Aug 13, 2019 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee
Rental vacancy rates continue in right direction
Medicine Hat, AB - Rental vacancy rates continue to go down in Medicine Hat. According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) that is a good thing for the province's economy. In 2017, t...
Aug 13, 2019
Cavalry FC have nothing to lose against Impact in Canadian Championship semi
CALGARY - According to coach Tommy Wheeldon Jr., Calgary's Cavalry FC has nothing to lose and everything to gain. After dropping the first leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal 2-1 on the road to...
Aug 13, 2019
Behavioural analysis can help answer the 'why' in B.C. murders: expert
VANCOUVER - A certified criminal profiler says investigators should find clues about why two men might have killed three people in northern British Columbia and whether there was a leader and a follow...
Aug 13, 2019