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Liberals keeping close eye on rapid-housing program revamp for future, Hussen says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of building affordable housing says projects left waiting cap-in-hand when the program they applied to ran out of funds will be at the front of the queue during...
Jul 02, 2021
Parties rake in millions in donations despite pandemic, padding campaign war chests
OTTAWA - Federal parties appear to have seen a drop in their fundraising in 2020, a year when the pandemic dented donations of all kinds. The Conservative return shows that the party pulled in more th...
Jul 02, 2021
Veteran Toronto police officer killed, other officer injured in 'deliberate act'
TORONTO - A veteran police officer has died after he was struck by a vehicle in "an intentional and deliberate act" that left another officer injured, Toronto police said Friday. Interim police Chief ...
Jul 02, 2021
Canada's Ben LeSage returns to test rugby after exiting World Cup with broken hand
The last time Ben LeSage played for Canada, he broke his hand. And kept playing. It happened four minutes into Canada's opening match at the 2019 Rugby World Cup, a 48-7 loss to Italy on Sept. 26 in F...
Jul 02, 2021
Some Lytton, B.C., residents still unaccounted for after wildfire evacuation
LYTTON, B.C. - The search continued Friday for multiple residents of a village in British Columbia's Interior that was decimated by a wildfire this week. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth hasn't s...
Jul 02, 2021
Can't enter Canada now? Don't try on Monday, border agency warns would-be travellers
WASHINGTON - The agency that guards Canada's borders is putting would-be travellers on notice: if you're not eligible to enter the country now, you won't be on Monday. That's the clear message from th...
Jul 02, 2021
Electricity, natural gas both up for July
MEDICINE HAT, AB - City of Medicine Hat utility customers will be paying more for electricity and natural gas as the weather heats up.The July rates were posted by the city on Friday.The natural gas r...
Jul 02, 2021
Canada Day protest over residential schools sees monarch statues toppled in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - Statues of two queens on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature were toppled during a rally over the deaths of Indigenous children at residential schools. The statues of Queen Victoria and...
Jul 02, 2021
Local riders back on track, need a bigger ramp
MEDICINE HAT, AB - BMX riders are back on track.Local athletes made their way back on the Hat's course after more than a year of not being able to train as a group.The club welcomed new and returning ...
Jul 02, 2021
Mayor: 2 more dead found at collapsed Florida condo building
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - The bodies of two more people have been found at the site of a partially collapsed oceanfront condominium building in the Miami area, raising the death toll to 20 people with 128...
Jul 02, 2021