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Argonauts use three quarterbacks to beat Redblacks 39-9 in home finale
TORONTO - After a long season on the sidelines, Canadian quarterback Michael O'Connor finally took a snap for the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday. The 23-year-old pivot shook off the rust with a touchdo...
Oct 28, 2019
Rural school board looking to make up budget shortfall
Medicine Hat, AB - Prairie Rose School Division will be looking at ways to make up a $1 million hole poked into its $50 million budget by the province's move to rejig primary school funding.The rural ...
Oct 28, 2019
North Carolina judges throw out current congressional map
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina judges on Monday blocked the state's congressional map from being used in the 2020 elections, ruling that voters had a strong likelihood of winning a lawsuit that argued...
Oct 28, 2019
Google falls short on third-quarter profit
SAN FRANCISCO - Google parent company Alphabet reported mixed third-quarter results Monday, beating analyst expectations for revenue but falling short on profits. The stock fell almost 3% immediately ...
Oct 28, 2019
Public sector workers rally against Bill 9 outside hospital
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Public sector workers in Medicine Hat rallied to raise awareness of issues their industry is facing on Monday.Approximately 75 workers, including nurses, EMS, laboratory technicians...
Oct 28, 2019 Public sector workers in Medicine Hat march on the sidewalk outside of the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Monday morning. Workers were rallying against Bill 9 and cuts announced in the provincial budget. - Photo by Ross Lavigne
Local businesses complete woman's dream kitchen after renovation goes wrong
Medicine Hat, AB- After almost six months without a kitchen, Carrie Renshaw has her space back thanks to the help of several local companies.What was supposed to be a kitchen update last spring turned...
Oct 28, 2019 Carrie Renshaw's updated kitchen (Photo by Colton McKee)
Jets' Lowry suspended for two games for boarding Flames' Kylington
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Winnipeg Jets forward Adam Lowry for two games for boarding Calgary Flames defenceman Oliver Kylington. The incident occurred with two seconds left in the second perio...
Oct 28, 2019
Toronto FC's Alejandro Pozuelo joins select company with MLS Best XI
Alejandro Pozuelo joined some select Toronto FC company Monday when he was named to the 2019 Major League Soccer Best XI. The Spanish playmaker is the fifth TFC player to be accorded the honour, along...
Oct 28, 2019
Los Angeles wildfire threatens the homes of the stars
LOS ANGELES - A wildfire swept through the star-studded hills of Los Angeles early Monday, destroying several large homes and forcing LeBron James and thousands of others to flee in the middle of the ...
Oct 28, 2019
Guinean-Canadians in Montreal protest possible third presidential term
MONTREAL - Alpha Diallo arrived in Canada from Guinea in 2009, a year before that country's president won his first election and raised hopes amid the nation's sole democratic transition of ...
Oct 28, 2019