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More first dose vaccine walk-in clinics announced
A walk-in clinic for people to receive their first dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine will be open in Medicine Hat on Thursday and Friday.The clinic will be at Higdon Hall from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.A clinic ...
Jun 16, 2021
Southern Baptists vote to probe leaders' sex abuse response
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to create a task force to oversee an independent investigation into the denominatio...
Jun 16, 2021
South Zone drops below 100 active COVID-19 cases; 25 in Medicine Hat
There are 25 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Wednesday.Medicine Hat now has had 1,257 total cases - the 25 active, 1,210 recovered and there have been 22 deaths.There is one new case in th...
Jun 16, 2021
Basics for Babies fundraiser event on Thursday
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A major fundraiser for the Medicine Hat and District Food Bank is tomorrow (Thurs. June 16) from 5:30 AM-6 PM.Basics for Babies helps support parents and families in the city and re...
Jun 16, 2021
No oxygen concentrators or water on Quebec home's makeshift COVID ward, inquest hears
MONTREAL - A makeshift quarantine zone set up at a Quebec long-term care home where more than 100 residents died was not sufficiently equipped to care for patients, the assistant head nurse told a cor...
Jun 16, 2021
REDI Enterprises awarded $65,000 for digital access support
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Two Community Foundations in Alberta recently announced more than $500,000 in funding for 14 projects across southern Alberta.The Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta and th...
Jun 16, 2021
Report calls for airlines to refund passengers for flights halted due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The House of Commons transportation committee says the federal government should refund ticket holders for flights cancelled due to COVID-19 and further strengthen passenger rights, as well a...
Jun 16, 2021
'Unacceptable' that Inuk MP felt unsafe in House of Commons, Miller says
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says it's a "sad reflection" on Canada that an Inuk MP feels she's been racially profiled by security officials on Parliament Hill. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, a...
Jun 16, 2021
Conservatives raise concerns over UNDRIP bill as time runs short to pass legislation
OTTAWA - Just as Parliament's clock is quickly running short to pass bills before a possible fall election, Conservatives are turning up the heat in their concerns over a key piece of Liberal legislat...
Jun 16, 2021
Redcliff Skatepark ready for the wheels
REDCLIFF, AB - Redcliff youth will be able to enjoy a brand new skatepark this summer and Wednesday was the official soft opening.The town's director of operations Derrin Thibault says kids have been ...
Jun 16, 2021