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Tampa Bay beats Dallas to capture Stanley Cup in six games
EDMONTON - The Tampa Bay Lightning are the 2020 Stanley Cup champions, defeating the Dallas Stars 2-0 Monday to capture the NHL's top trophy in front of empty seats, sprawling tarps, and no fans at Ro...
Sep 28, 2020
Canadian men drawn with rival Americans in Group B at 2021 Gold Cup
Canada will renew soccer hostilities with the U.S. at the 2021 Gold Cup in a group that also features Martinique and a preliminary-round qualifier. Canada, ranked 73rd in the world by FIFA compar...
Sep 28, 2020
Worldwide grief: Death toll from coronavirus tops 1 million
NEW DELHI - Joginder Chaudhary was his parents' greatest pride, raised with the little they earned farming a half-acre plot in central India to become the first doctor from their village. For the coro...
Sep 28, 2020
Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses 1 million
NEW DELHI - The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed 1 million on Tuesday, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders' resolve, pitted science...
Sep 28, 2020
US official: 2020 census to end Oct. 5 despite court order
ORLANDO, Fla. - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross says the 2020 census will end Oct. 5, despite a federal judge's ruling last week allowing the head count of every U.S. resident to continue throu...
Sep 28, 2020
Doc Rivers out as Clippers' coach, after seven seasons
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Doc Rivers would easily be considered the best coach in Los Angeles Clippers history. Most wins. Most playoff appearances. Top winning percentage. And now he's out. Rivers ann...
Sep 28, 2020
Public school board's online learning platform proving to be a success
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's been a month since the city's public school board launched its online learning hub offering students from the early learning program to Grade 9 an education on a virtual platfo...
Sep 28, 2020
Bay 3 in need of donations as they gear up for fall programming
MEDICINE HAT, AB- Skateboarders looking to escape the cold will be able to skate at Bay 3, the city's indoor skate park come the middle of October, but the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association says the...
Sep 28, 2020
BATUS surpasses 24-hour cycling challenge goals
RALSTON, AB - Members of the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) surpassed two goals during their 24-hour cycle challenge last week.The challenge was a fundraiser to support the Medicine Hat F...
Sep 28, 2020
No safe mask option for bearded members, RCMP says, but force is exploring solutions
OTTAWA - The RCMP says there is no safe and proven face covering for officers with beards, but it is working to find one for Sikh members temporarily sidelined from front-line policing. Prime Minister...
Sep 28, 2020