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Speaker Anthony Rota cites Afghan detainee matter in court dispute over documents
OTTAWA - The Speaker of the House of Commons points to a decade-old dispute over records about Afghan detainees in arguing a current federal attempt to shield documents about two fired scientists shou...
Aug 17, 2021
City and AHS encouraging 20 to 40 years old to get vaccinated
MEDICINE HAT, AB - With cases of COVID 19 rising rapidly in Medicine Hat, the City along with Alberta Health Services are launching a communication campaign aimed at driving up vaccination rates.Merri...
Aug 17, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Quebec premier issues vaccine mandate for health-care workers
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says his government intends to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for health-care workers. Legault says 90 per cent of health-care workers in the pro...
Aug 17, 2021
Better Together Gala to celebrate local business community
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A pair of local businesses are hoping to show strength in numbers and in community with a downtown gala next month.Joely Augustino of Fig and Olive Charcuterie and Kreggan Scharnatt...
Aug 17, 2021
City introducing Medicine Hat Transit day pass
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat Transit is launching a new day pass on Aug. 23 to take the place of transfers.Transfers were suspended in the spring of 2020 due to pandemic restrictions."With this pas...
Aug 17, 2021
Short-staffed Edmonton hopsital reschedules more than 50 surgeries
Alberta Health Services says 53 surgeries have been rescheduled at an Edmonton hospital because of a staff shortage.It says four operating rooms in the orthopedic centre at the Royal Alexandra Hospita...
Aug 17, 2021
Talent in, talent out: Young, No. 1 Alabama still favorites
The bad news for Alabama: The Heisman Trophy-winning receiver and his quarterback are gone, along with the star tailback and Southeastern Conference defensive player of the year. The good news: It's A...
Aug 17, 2021
Cooler conditions offer fractional relief to crews battling nearly 300 B.C. wildfires
Nearly 300 wildfires are burning across British Columbia but showers and cooler temperatures have taken an edge off the most aggressive blazes and curbed a cascade of evacuation orders and alerts. The...
Aug 17, 2021
Lions' Reilly, Roughriders' Woodward and Fajardo capture CFL's top performer honours
B.C. Lions quarterback Michael Reilly was named the CFL's top performer of the week on Tuesday. Reilly completed 26-of-33 passes for 342 yards and scored a touchdown in leading B.C. past the Calgary S...
Aug 17, 2021
Broncs & Honky Tonks set for September at Grandstand
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Broncs & Honky Tonks Rodeo will return to the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede grounds next month.It will take place outside at the Grandstand Arena from Sept. 17-19. ...
Aug 17, 2021