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Part of Division Avenue South to be closed starting next week
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A portion of Division Avenue South will be closed this summer as the city renews aging infrastructure in the area. Division Avenue between Second Street SE and Third Street SE will ...
Jul 08, 2021
Nunavut MP wants special prosecutor on residential schools, crimes against children
OTTAWA - Nunavut's member of Parliament is calling on the federal government to appoint a special prosecutor to delve into crimes committed against Indigenous people. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says perpetrators...
Jul 08, 2021
Fans banned at Olympics; Tokyo under state of emergency
TOKYO - Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday. The ban c...
Jul 08, 2021
Fans banned at Olympics; Tokyo under state of emergency
TOKYO - Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday. The ban c...
Jul 08, 2021
Child care, housing the focus as prime minister, federal NDP leader visit B.C.
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh are in different regions of British Columbia today holding meetings and making announcements. Trudeau is s...
Jul 08, 2021
Wilson-Raybould not seeking re-election, blasts 'toxic and ineffective' Parliament
OTTAWA - Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould has announced she will not seek re-election, saying Parliament has become "toxic and ineffective." The former Liberal cabinet minister announced her decisi...
Jul 08, 2021
Shapovalov on Djokovic: 'I do believe that I have the game to beat him'
As expected when going up against one of the game's greatest players, the tale of the tape doesn't give many edges to Canada's Denis Shapovalov in his Wimbledon semifinal tilt with top-seed Novak Djok...
Jul 08, 2021
Police investigation underway following house fire this week
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A police investigation is underway following a house fire in Medicine Hat early Wednesday morning, July 7.According to police, the Major Crimes Section is working with the city's Fi...
Jul 08, 2021
Assembly of First Nations vote for national chief moves to Day 2 after three ballots
OTTAWA - The election for national chief of the Assembly of First Nations continues today with a fourth ballot after no candidates reached the necessary 60 per cent threshold of support. The two remai...
Jul 08, 2021
Pope Francis ran temperature after intestinal surgery
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis temporarily ran a temperature three days after intestinal surgery, but routine tests proved negative, the Vatican said Thursday. The Vatican's daily update said Francis was co...
Jul 08, 2021