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Reports: Michigan reaches $600M deal in Flint water crisis
Michigan has reached a $600 million agreement to compensate Flint residents whose health was damaged by lead-tainted drinking water after the city heeded state regulators' advice not to treat it prope...
Aug 19, 2020
NKorea to unveil new economic plans in January party meeting
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea will hold a rare ruling party congress in January where leader Kim Jong Un will announce a new five-year plan to develop the country's dismal economy ravaged by...
Aug 19, 2020
Avalanche rout Coyotes 7-1 in Game 5 to win 1st-round series
EDMONTON - Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists, Nazem Kadri also scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche routed the Arizona Coyotes 7-1 on Wednesday to close out the first-round playoff ser...
Aug 19, 2020
Canada condemns coup d'etat in Mali, says Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada condemns the junta that forced Mali's president from power this week. A distressed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita annou...
Aug 19, 2020
CRA resumes online services with new security features after cyberattacks
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency has resumed all online services after fraudsters used thousands of pilfered usernames and passwords to obtain government services. The agency disabled the servi...
Aug 19, 2020
Medicine Hat's Ronald McDonald House is welcoming families
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It didn't happen with the fanfare they would have liked, but Medicine Hat's Ronald McDonald House began accepting families on Aug. 4Cassi Hider, general manager of the Medicine Hat ...
Aug 19, 2020
Catholic Board accepting 'homestay families' for international students
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education is looking for families to provide a home for incoming international students in the 2020-21 school year.The board has put out a call fo...
Aug 19, 2020
Fifth generation of farmers taking to the field for this year's bumper wheat crop
WALSH, AB - The wheat crop looks good on the Neubauer farm north of Walsh as the family's two teens pull up to the hopper in a combine full of this year's harvest on a toasty southeastern Alberta late...
Aug 19, 2020
Bergeron, Bruins beat Hurricanes 2-1 to advance in playoffs
TORONTO - Patrice Bergeron broke a tie with 3.5 seconds left in the second period, David Pastrnak returned with two assists and the Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Wednesday to win t...
Aug 19, 2020
Light installation, widening of lanes beginning at troublesome Dunmore intersection
DUNMORE, AB - Traffic lights will soon be installed at an intersection the Cypress County Reeve Dan Hamilton has called a gong show and a safety hazard.Work has begun on the intersection at the Trans-...
Aug 19, 2020