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Sen. Chris Murphy writing book on gun violence
NEW YORK - One of Washington's leading advocates for gun control, Sen. Chris Murphy, has a book coming out next year. Murphy's "Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy" will...
Jul 15, 2019
In the news today, July 15
Four stories in the news for Monday, July 15 --- YOUR WARD NEWS EDITOR FACES SENTENCING TODAY The editor of a free Toronto-based publication faces sentencing today for wilfully promoting hat...
Jul 15, 2019
Your Ward News editor faces sentencing today; says ready to go to jail
TORONTO - The editor of a free Toronto-based publication faces sentencing today for wilfully promoting hatred against women and Jews. The prosecution wants to see James Sears jailed for 12 months. The...
Jul 15, 2019
Weakened Barry rolls into Louisiana, drenches Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS - Barry rolled into the Louisiana coast Saturday, flooding highways, forcing people to scramble to rooftops and dumping heavy rain that officials had feared could test the levees and pumps...
Jul 15, 2019
Toxic lake in Russia's Siberia becomes selfie sensation
MOSCOW - Residents of a city in Siberia don't need to fly off to tropical locales for picturesque selfies taken by pristine turquoise waters. Thousands of Novosibirsk residents - ranging from scantily...
Jul 15, 2019
Global concern grows over Canada's funding of fight against AIDS, TB, malaria
OTTAWA - International concern is growing in medical and development circles that the Trudeau government is about to step back from its much-publicized global leadership on eradicating AIDS, tube...
Jul 15, 2019
NATO secretary general visits Canada for Trudeau meeting, base tour
OTTAWA - The secretary-general of NATO is in Canada today meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Jens Stoltenberg will tour CFB Petawawa with Trudeau and discuss Canada's NATO deployments in Latv...
Jul 15, 2019
Judges to decide on bond hearings for R. Kelly indictments
CHICAGO - Federal judges will decide how to proceed with bond hearings in two separate federal indictments against R. Kelly. The 52-year-old singer was arrested Thursday night while walking his dog on...
Jul 14, 2019
Mavericks sweep Bombers on the road, post first winning record since mid-June
BROOKS, AB - June 12 is a day that could have changed the Medicine Hat Mavericks season entirely.Holding a 6-5 record facing the Brooks Bombers, the Mavericks lost their sixth game of the 2019 WCBL se...
Jul 14, 2019 File Photo
Mural Fest artists give downtown Medicine Hat a brand new look
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A walk through the downtown core of Medicine Hat has turned a little more colourful thanks to six artists plying their trade in the scoring heat over the weekend.Street Art Works he...
Jul 14, 2019 Photo courtesy of Scott Roblin