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One new COVID-19 death in Medicine Hat, active cases still rising
There are 569 active cases of COVID-19 in Medicine Hat on Friday.Medicine Hat has had 2,578 total cases - the 569 active, 1,978 recovered and there have been 31 deaths, one new today. There are 57 new...
Sep 3, 2021
Elections Canada posts cap of about $30M on three big parties' campaign spending
OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer has announced the initial ceiling on parties' expenditures in the election campaign now in full swing. The spending limits are based on the length of the vote...
Sep 3, 2021
Depth key as depleted Vancouver Whitecaps look to extend three-game win streak
VANCOUVER - When Thomas Hasal last made a start for the Vancouver Whitecaps, the team was at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, desperate to turn its season around. Now, as the 22-year-ol...
Sep 3, 2021
Canada could see above 15K daily COVID-19 cases next month, Tam says
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says there is an urgent need for more people between 18 and 39 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to reduce the impact of the Delta variant. "This is a cr...
Sep 3, 2021
Fortin's lawyers fight bid to toss his lawsuit over removal from vaccine post
OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawyers are fighting a federal attempt to quash their client's lawsuit over his removal as head of Canada's vaccine distribution campaign. In a newly filed Federal Cou...
Sep 3, 2021
Hatter facing firearms, stolen property charges
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat resident has been charged after an illegal shotgun and identity documents were found at his residence.According to the Medicine Hat Police Service, members of the ALE...
Sep 3, 2021
Erratic driver arrested near Swift Current
SWIFT CURRENT, SK - Members of the Maple Creek RCMP were among several police agencies in southwestern Saskatchewan that helped get an erratic driver off the Trans-Canada Highway on Wednesday night.Re...
Sep 3, 2021
Palace: Princess Charlene of Monaco's health 'reassuring'
PARIS (AP) - Monaco's Princess Charlene is in "reassuring" condition after being suddenly hospitalized with complications from a serious sinus infection, the principality's palace said Friday. Princes...
Sep 3, 2021
Bains not running, but still influential in Mississauga-Malton election: expert
Navdeep Bains' name may not be on the ballot when voters in Mississauga-Malton head to the polls this month, but the former innovation minister likely still exerts significant influence on the race in...
Sep 3, 2021
Some diplomatic posts offer to courier expat postal votes by polling day
OTTAWA - Tens of thousands of Canadians living abroad, including those not travelling because of the COVID-19 pandemic, have applied to vote remotely in the coming election. Over 45,000 expat Canadian...
Sep 3, 2021