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Have a used coat to spare? Here's how to help those who need it most
An annual winter coat drive is taking place at Finlay Bridge this weekend.The Coats on Finley event invites those who need a winter coat to come to the two-lane downtown bridge to pick one up between ...
Oct 24, 2024
Golden Knights make Shea Theodore their highest-paid player with a 7-year extension
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Vegas Golden Knights made defenseman Shea Theodore their highest-paid player Thursday, signing him to a seven-year contract worth an average of $7.425 million per year. Theodore's...
Oct 24, 2024
Medicine Hat Tigers sign former SAHA forward Cunningham
The injury-depleted Medicine Hat Tigers have added some help at forward by signing former South Albert Hockey Academy player Carter Cunningham.It was announced the 18-year-old from Lethbridge, put pen...
Oct 24, 2024
County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The most far-reaching of Ohio's laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year's voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive righ...
Oct 24, 2024
Medicine Hat College instructor expects more rate cuts by Bank of Canada
A Medicine Hat College business instructor says the Bank of Canada's Wednesday rate cut is due to a weaker economy.-The Bank of Canada made an interest rate cut of a half a percentage point to bring i...
Oct 24, 2024
Scotland's Stuart Armstrong another US$2-million man with Vancouver Whitecaps
While captain Ryan Gauld remains Vancouver's highest-paid player, the Whitecaps now have a second $2-million man (all figures in U.S. dollars) in fellow Scottish international Stuart Armstrong. The ML...
Oct 24, 2024
Canadian ice dance stars Gilles and Poirier in a groove heading into new season
HALIFAX - Piper Gilles says she and Paul Poirier will skate until they run out of gas. Right now, the tank is full for Canada's top ice dancers. "We're going to keep skating until we feel like we have...
Oct 24, 2024
Redblacks host Ticats looking to snap losing skid ahead of playoffs
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks will host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night in a game that, on paper, might seem insignificant. However, for the Redblacks (8-8-1), who are winless in their last fi...
Oct 24, 2024
Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing dead bodies plead guilty to federal fraud charges
DENVER (AP) - Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sendin...
Oct 24, 2024
Facts about the B.C. Greens who could be kingmakers in the legislature
VICTORIA - Two Green Party legislators could hold the balance of power in British Columbia after Saturday's provincial election gave neither the NDP nor the B.C. Conservatives a majority of seats afte...
Oct 24, 2024