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Province moving to reduce testing times for children
MEDICINE HAT, AB - It's an increasingly tough situation parents find themselves in as they try to balance their own work commitments and their children's education. In better times, a few days off a y...
Sep 18, 2020
Mental health help available and more supports coming for Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Canadian Mental Health Association (Alberta Southeast Region) says there will be increased mental health supports coming soon for Medicine Hat.Programs Manager Erin Reeder says ...
Sep 18, 2020
Citrus vs. Cactus: Tampa-Dallas NHL final is duel of former coaching associates
EDMONTON - It's not only two American Sunbelt teams facing off Saturday in the NHL's Stanley Cup final, it's also a matchup of two head coaches who once worked together, but with the student now ...
Sep 18, 2020
Man charged in Toronto stabbing, police say; mosque calls for hate crime probe
TORONTO - An arrest has been made in the death of a man who was fatally stabbed outside a Toronto mosque, police said Friday as the religious group called for the murder to be investigated as a hate c...
Sep 18, 2020
Canada's Smith rallies to win high-profile darts match against Fallon Sherrock
SALZBURG, Austria - Canadian Jeff (The Silencer) Smith rallied from a 5-1 deficit to edge Fallon Sherrock 6-5 Friday in first-round play at the 300,000-pound ($511,7260) Bwin World Series of Darts Fin...
Sep 18, 2020
21-year-old Lethbridge man charged with attempted child abduction
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police have charged Henrich Van Daniel Blanco of Lethbridge with one count of attempted abduction of a person under the age of 14 years old.Around 12 pm on August 31, 2020,...
Sep 18, 2020
Medicine Hat down to seven active COVID-19 cases
Medicine Hat has no new cases of COVID-19 in Friday's update and one case in the city has moved from active to recovered.The city's total number of cases remains at 79 COVID-19 cases. As of Friday, th...
Sep 18, 2020
'None of us are superhuman,' says PHAC president as she steps down from the role
OTTAWA - The president of the Public Health Agency of Canada is stepping down from her role as the country heads into the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Tina Namiesniowski says in a letter to st...
Sep 18, 2020
Lake Babine Nation signs deal with Ottawa and British Columbia
VICTORIA - The British Columbia and federal governments have signed an agreement with the Lake Babine Nation that Chief Gordon Alec says will help lead to its prosperity. Alec says the agreement is an...
Sep 18, 2020
Saskatchewan residents now included in WestJet COVID-19 insurance
If you fly with WestJet out of Saskatchewan, you now qualify for free COVID-19 insurance.Earlier this week, both WestJet and Air Canada announced they would offer the insurance across the country - ex...
Sep 18, 2020