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Rising prices for lumber reason to check home insurance coverage
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With the price of softwood lumber rising nearly 120 per cent in the past year, consumers may be wondering if they have enough insurance if they had to rebuild their home in the wake...
Apr 22, 2021
More supply needed to ease housing price crunch, but always more to do, Freeland says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the country needs a boost in the supply of housing to help make prices more affordable, but suggests there may be other steps governments can take. Spe...
Apr 22, 2021
Bill on single-game sports betting on cusp of passing — but not for first time
OTTAWA - Lawmakers are debating single-event sports betting as legislation to legalize the activity reaches final reading in the House of Commons. The would-be bill aims to amend Criminal Code provisi...
Apr 22, 2021
Bill on single-game sports betting on cusp of passing — but not for first time
OTTAWA - Lawmakers are debating single-event sports betting as legislation to legalize the activity reaches final reading in the House of Commons. The would-be bill aims to amend Criminal Code provisi...
Apr 22, 2021
Retaking language test unfair during COVID-19: applicants to new residency pathway
OTTAWA - International graduates and essential workers eligible to apply for permanent residency under a new program say requiring them to retake language proficiency tests is unreasonable, especially...
Apr 22, 2021
Expert says Saskatchewan should consider more targeted vaccine plan as variants surge
SASKATOON - Nazeem Muhajarine says he feels a sense of relief after receiving his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine last week at a centre in Saskatoon."It was just so well-organized and run. I felt com...
Apr 22, 2021
Czechs expel more Russians in dispute over 2014 depot blast
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Czech Republic on Thursday ordered 63 more Russian diplomats to leave the country, further escalating a dispute between the two nations over the alleged involvement of Rus...
Apr 22, 2021
COVID-19: Montreal newspaper blasted for front-page photo of Trudeau in India
MONTREAL - The Journal de Montreal newspaper is being criticized for running a photo from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's 2018 trip to India on its front page today to accompany a COVID-19 story. Trud...
Apr 22, 2021
Fundraisers for fur babies
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Time is running short to buy tickets for a pair of 50/50 draws from local animal organizations.Ticket sales for the Medicine Hat SPCA draw end on April 29, with the draw to take pla...
Apr 22, 2021
Norwood irrigation upgrades continuing on cul-de-sacs
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The City of Medicine Hat is continuing work to replace aging irrigation infrastructure in the Norwood area.The work on the cul-de-sac greenspaces at 23rd, 25th and 27th Street SE is...
Apr 22, 2021