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WATCH: Hinshaw to give COVID-19 update
Coming up at 4 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an update on COVID-19.
Feb 17, 2021

Rotary Music Festival ready to go online
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The voices will ring out for this year's Rotary Music Festival but the performances will only be seen online.The annual Medicine Hat festival will run March 7-21.Even with the chang...
Feb 17, 2021

Senate poised for final vote on amended assisted-dying bill after days of debate
OTTAWA - Senators are wrapping up final debate on a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying.They will vote on the bill, as amended by senators, later today.Senators have already approved ...
Feb 17, 2021

Alberta announces more financial support for businesses
An extra $10,000 will be available to small- and medium-sized businesses in Alberta that have seen significant drops in revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The money is being made available through t...
Feb 17, 2021

Canadian rookie Edwards shining in a bizarre UConn season unlike any other
Aaliyah Edwards splits her days between the gym and her apartment. The 18-year-old Canadian is one of six freshmen on a No. 1-ranked University of Connecticut women's basketball team that's seen littl...
Feb 17, 2021

City to allow mask bylaw to expire, defer to provincial mandate
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat's Mandatory Face Coverings Bylaw will be allowed to expire on March 4.The city announced the decision in a news release Wednesday, saying it will instead defer to the p...
Feb 17, 2021

Mississauga man pleads guilty to laundering money in alleged North Korean cyberhack
WASHINGTON - A Canadian man has pleaded guilty in what U.S. prosecutors described Wednesday as a scheme by hackers linked to military intelligence in North Korea to steal more than $1.3 billion from b...
Feb 17, 2021

Nearly 300 charges laid, 130 arrested, as Vancouver police target shoplifting
VANCOUVER - A month-long crackdown has resulted in nearly 300 recommended criminal charges against people police allege are violent and prolific shoplifters working in downtown Vancouver. A statement ...
Feb 17, 2021
LPS aware of sexual assault allegations against former Inspector
LETHBRIDGE, AB- The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has responded to local media, regarding a breaking article by CBC reporter, Meghan Grant, which states former Lethbridge Police Inspector Bill Kaye,...
Feb 17, 2021

US govt seizes roughly 10M phoney N95 masks in COVID-19 probe
WASHINGTON - Federal agents have seized roughly 10 million fake 3M brand N95 masks in recent weeks, the result of an ongoing investigation into counterfeits sold in at least five states to hospitals, ...
Feb 17, 2021