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Texas inmate executed for killing wife, father-in-law
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday evening for an attack that killed his pregnant wife, 5-year-old daughter and father-in-law more than a decade ago. John Hummel received a...
Jun 30, 2021

'Homing pigeons that can't find their home' block I-95 exit
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - An exit off Interstate 95 in Florida had to be closed for three hours after 100 homing pigeons fell off a truck and refused to move, posing a driving hazard to motorists, of...
Jun 30, 2021

Ware, Abel, Fofana claim three-metre Olympic berths at Canadian diving trials
TORONTO - Pamela Ware and Jennifer Abel qualified for the women's three-metre competition at the Tokyo Olympics while Cdric Fofana qualified in the men's three-metre event Wednesday at the Canadian Ol...
Jun 30, 2021

Thanks for Farming Tour has two stops near Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Farmers are right up there with first responders, truckers and grocery store workers among those whose jobs seemed to never stop over the past 15 months.Jeremy Matuszewski, organize...
Jun 30, 2021

Stampede ready for a scorcher on Canada Day
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With COVID restrictions lifting the same day and the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede grounds hosting its first Canada Day celebration, officials probably already had enough t...
Jun 30, 2021

UNC trustees OK Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted Wednesday to accept the tenure application of investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, following weeks...
Jun 30, 2021

Annamie Paul to face non-confidence vote by party brass in less than three weeks
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul is facing a non-confidence vote from party executives next month as internal strife continues to roil the party ahead of a possible election this year. Liana Cusmano...
Jun 30, 2021

Athletes back IOC's decision to permit breastfeeding moms at Tokyo Games
American track star Nia Ali says she knows what it's like to balance being a breastfeeding mom and an elite athlete. Ali, partner of Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse, posted a photo of herself nursin...
Jun 30, 2021

Revised vote count shows Adams ahead in NYC mayoral primary
NEW YORK (AP) - Revised vote counts in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary show Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams maintaining a thin lead, a day after a first attempt to report results went...
Jun 30, 2021

Power plant able to stand the heat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Going into what's expected to be Medicine Hat's hottest two days of the heat wave in western Canada, the city says all of its power generating units are performing well with no issu...
Jun 30, 2021