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New continuing care beds slated for city
The province says Medicine Hat will receive 31 new continuing care beds this year, part of a larger plan to add close to 2,200 new beds across Alberta.Over the next four years, the province will spend...
Jul 09, 2021

Redcliff Public Library welcoming kids back, hosting summer reading challenge
REDCLIFF, AB - The Redcliff Public Library is back to business as usual after a year and a half of adjusting.Now that kids are back and books are flying off shelves, the library has some programs line...
Jul 09, 2021

Advocate says ArriveCAN app technology is not accessible for blind Canadians
OTTAWA - The CNIB, formerly known as the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, says the federal government's new ArriveCAN travel app is inaccessible to some Canadians with disabilities. Robert F...
Jul 09, 2021

Father charged in killing of Winnipeg girl had tried to force abortion: court records
WINNIPEG - Court records show a man charged in the killing of his three-year-old daughter had tried to force her mother to get an abortion. Police have said the girl was abducted from her mother at kn...
Jul 09, 2021

Back in Wimbledon final, Djokovic to face Italy's Berrettini
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - We know, of course, that Novak Djokovic can lose matches at Wimbledon, and he can lose at other Grand Slam tournaments, too, because it has happened - and actuality proves po...
Jul 09, 2021

Drive-in movies at the Stampede
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Drive-in movies return to Medicine Hat this weekend.The first summer movie night takes place at the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede parking lot on Saturday.The feature show w...
Jul 09, 2021

Prime minister announces $1.3 billion for SkyTrain spur in Surrey and Langley, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - The federal government is providing up to $1.3 billion to extend Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain line through Surrey and Langley. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement in Surre...
Jul 09, 2021

The Latest: Djokovic reaches 7th Wimbledon final
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local): 7:25 p.m. Novak Djokovic is into his seventh Wimbledon final. The top-ranked Serb outplayed No. 10-seeded Denis Shapovalov on the k...
Jul 09, 2021

Canada looks for 'small wins' in rugby test match against powerful England
Facing a formidable foe in No. 3 England, Canada will be looking for small victories Saturday at Twickenham. Coach Kingsley Jones is hoping to see the 23rd-ranked Canadian men make inroads at scrums, ...
Jul 09, 2021

Charlottesville set to remove Lee statue that sparked rally
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville will be taken down this week, the city announced Friday. Charlottesville said in a ne...
Jul 09, 2021