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Medicine Hat's Valk ties course record, wins provincial amateur title at home
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Earlier this week, Medicine Hat's Michael Valk said his strongest play at the Medicine Hat Golf & Country Club came on the back nine.Valk proved that beyond a doubt on Thursday,...
Jul 23, 2020
WATCH: Hinshaw to give COVID-19 update
Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update on COVID-19.
Jul 23, 2020
COVID-19 health guidance not a black and white issue
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The restaurant business is tough enough at the best of times - and operating during a global pandemic is definitely not the best of times.But Don Dempster says his Mezz restaurant h...
Jul 23, 2020
Weddingstar in Dunmore seeing brisk mask sales
DUNMORE, AB - With the growing popularity of masks and mask-wearing over the last few months, Weddingstar in Dunmore says their mask line has been having good sales.Weddingstar launched the reusable c...
Jul 23, 2020
Irresponsible human behaviour leads to young bear being euthanized in Waterton
WATERTON, AB - Officials at Parks Canada are urging people to clean up after themselves and put their waste into garbage bins.On Friday, July 10, they received reports that a food-conditioned black be...
Jul 23, 2020
Disabled Canadians struggle to be paired with service animals amid pandemic
If the past three months without a service dog have been a challenge for Ann Moxley, the next year seems poised to be a struggle. The Victoria resident, who lives with physical disabilities, used to r...
Jul 23, 2020
Canada's travel rules unfair to first-year foreign students, U.S. parents say
WASHINGTON - Parents of students in the United States who hoped to begin their university studies in Canada this fall are frantically trying to convince the federal government to relax rules...
Jul 23, 2020
Movie theatres implore studios: Release the blockbusters
NEW YORK - A long time ago in a pre-COVID universe far, far away, blockbusters opened around the globe simultaneously or nearly so. In 1975, "Jaws" set the blueprint. Concentrate marketing. Open wide....
Jul 23, 2020
Bus driver with one eye wins discrimination case; judge nixes licence rule
TORONTO - A city bus driver whose licence was revoked after she lost her eye to cancer has won her battle to have the relevant provincial regulations declared unconstitutional. In her ruling this...
Jul 23, 2020
Indigenous leaders call for systemic review of RCMP practices
OTTAWA - First Nations and Inuit leaders are urging Ottawa to launch an independent, civilian review of RCMP practices to start addressing the number of violent incidents between Mounties an...
Jul 23, 2020