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Canadian military-goods exports dropped last year as sales to Saudi Arabia fell
OTTAWA - The federal government reports the value of Canadian military-goods exports fell last year as its sales to Saudi Arabia dropped. Canada's annual report on exports of military equipment says i...
Jun 01, 2021
Lights, camera, action: Medicine Hat positioned for screen success, growth
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Brock Skretting sees a bright future for southeastern Alberta on the big and small screens. The head of advocacy for Keep Alberta Rolling says Medicine Hat's status as a mid-size ci...
Jun 01, 2021
Bombs in Afghan capital Kabul kill at least 10, wound 12
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Three bombs rattled the Afghan capital Kabul late Tuesday killing at least 10 people and plunging the city into darkness, an Afghan government spokesman said. Two bombs explo...
Jun 01, 2021
Alberta to fund search for unmarked Indigenous graves
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Government of Alberta is joining calls to search for Indigenous peoples who perished in the residential school system.Indigenous Relations Minister Rick Wilson says the discovery ...
Jun 01, 2021
Natural gas up slightly, electricity down the same
MEDICINE HAT, AB - For the second month in a row, City of Medicine Hat customers will pay more for natural gas and less for electricity compared to the previous month, though there's not much change i...
Jun 01, 2021
A direction home: Bob Dylan album returned 48 years late
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) - After nearly five decades of blowin' in the wind, a double Bob Dylan album finally has a direction home: A man living in San Francisco has mailed the vinyl back to an O...
Jun 01, 2021
Quebec open to searching residential school sites for possible graves
Quebec's Indigenous Affairs Minister says the province is open to searching the grounds of former residential schools for graves if survivors and their families are in favour. Ian Lafrenire says his o...
Jun 01, 2021
Fire service: 'Where there's water, there's risk'
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With temperatures soaring into the mid 30s this week, the cool water of the South Saskatchewan River is an inviting respite from the heat. But a member of the Aquatic Rescue team wi...
Jun 01, 2021
Search for unmarked graves to resume at former residential school in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A survivor of the largest residential school in the Maritimes says the search will continue for unmarked graves at the site north of Halifax. Dorene Bernard, a Mi'kmaq elder, confirmed today...
Jun 01, 2021
Discovery of Indigenous children's remains evidence of Canada's genocide: experts
OTTAWA - The discovery of 215 children's remains in an unmarked burial site in British Columbia has revived discussion about the residential school system, which the Truth and Reconciliation Commissio...
Jun 01, 2021