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Halo touts solid returns at annual general meeting
Halo Air Ambulance Service continues to establish its profile in Southern Alberta.At the 2024 Halo annual general meeting Thursday evening HALO Air Ambulance said they saw an 8 per cent increase in ca...
Mar 31, 2024

Tigers bounce back from overtime loss to tie playoff series at one, win 3-1
The Medicine Hat Tigers won 3-1 last night in front of a raucous home crowd after last nights 5-4 double overtime loss against the Red Deer Rebels. Coach Willie Desjardins said that the win in front o...
Mar 31, 2024

Vermont police warn drivers returning from Montreal to check for hidden GPS devices
MONTREAL - Police in Burlington, Vt. say its residents are finding hidden AirTags and other GPS tracking devices on vehicles returning from Montreal. The Burlington Police Department said last week th...
Mar 31, 2024

Jays' Cabrera handed three-game suspension, fine for role in bench-clearing incident
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Gnesis Cabrera has received a three-game suspension and a fine for his role in a bench-clearing incident in a 5-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday. The amount of the fine of was...
Mar 31, 2024

Canada's Gushue tops defending champ Mouat of Scotland 8-4 at men's curling worlds
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland - Canada's Brad Gushue improved to 3-0 following an 8-4 win over defending champion Bruce Mouat of Scotland at the world men's curling championship on Sunday. Gushue, from St...
Mar 31, 2024

'It's the same game': Playoff-bound Canucks look to veterans for post-season lessons
VANCOUVER - Ian Cole vividly recalls how he felt before skating out for his first NHL playoff game. "Honestly, I just remember being scared," he said, punctuating his sentence with a mild expletive. "...
Mar 31, 2024

Nunavut celebrates 25th anniversary with optimism but also housing concerns
IQALUIT, Nunavut - P.J. Akeeagok was a teenager in a tiny hamlet on the tip of Ellesmere Island, watching with anticipation when Nunavut was officially born. Twenty-five years later, he is the premier...
Mar 31, 2024

Grade 3 St. Patrick's School student wins police colouring contest
A St. Patrick's School student scored big last week.Connor Bosch was selected as the Grade 3 winner of the Medicine Hat Police Service's 125th Anniversary Flash coloring contest.Connor's design was se...
Mar 31, 2024

Ukrainians with Canadian visas face agonizing decisions about the future
OTTAWA - It was 4:40 in the morning when bombs started to drop on Lilyia Dvornichenko's hometown of Kharkiv in Ukraine, just an hour from the Russian border. Her jaw is set and her tone is matter-of-f...
Mar 31, 2024

'Like a cartel:' Shootings point to turf war over rights to screen South Indian films
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The day Thomas Sajan was expecting to see a South Indian action epic at a theatre in British Columbia, a spate of shootings thousands of kilometres away disrupted his plans. Sajan,...
Mar 31, 2024