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Climate activist Greta Thunberg tweets that she plans to visit Alberta
EDMONTON - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has announced that's she's going to Alberta. The 16-year-old tweeted that she'll be heading north following "a few days of well needed rest...
Oct 13, 2019
Shepard Smith leaves Fox News Channel
NEW YORK - Shepard Smith, whose newscast on Fox News Channel seemed increasingly an outlier on an outlet dominated by supporters of President Donald Trump, abruptly quit after signing off his final ne...
Oct 13, 2019
California adopts broadest US rules for seizing guns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will make the state the first to allow employers, co-workers and teachers to seek gun violence restraining orders against ...
Oct 13, 2019
Simone Biles sets medal record at gymnastics worlds
STUTTGART, Germany - Simone Biles broke the all-time record for most medals by any gymnast at the world championships by winning the balance beam and floor exercise Sunday. Biles won her 24th medal on...
Oct 13, 2019
Business is good for downtown shops, despite provincial economic downturn
Medicine Hat, AB - It has been a tough go for city businesses affected by the economic downturn over the past three years but a number of downtown retailers say their shops are doing well.Ashley Walke...
Oct 13, 2019
Shorthanded Cubs squad picks up a point in road overtime loss
COCHRANE, AB - They were far away from carrying a full roster Saturday night, but the Medicine Hat Cubs were able to snag a point against the Cochrane Generals.Ryan Davis scored the overtime winner to...
Oct 13, 2019 Photo courtesy of Medicine Hat Cubs
'I just knew I was hurt:' Women testify about being hit in Edmonton van attack
EDMONTON - It took more than a week for Kim O'Hara to understand what happened to her. O'Hara, one of four pedestrians struck by a speeding cube van in downtown Edmonton two years ago, testi...
Oct 13, 2019
Lee scores three as Bandits beat Eagles 7-1, go 11-0
BROOKS, AB - The Brooks Bandits (11-0) got three goals from captain Jake Lee (Owen Sound, ON), en route to a dominant 7-1 home win over the Canmore Eagles on Saturday night at the Centennial Regional ...
Oct 13, 2019
Thousands still without power after snow storm hammers Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Hydro says it's making good progress restoring electricity to customers blacked out by the snow storm that blasted southern areas of the province, but it still has a lot of work to...
Oct 13, 2019
Red Deer Public Schools maintaining status quo on sexual orientation policy
Red Deer, AB - In the wake of a strongly-worded letter from the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), Red Deer Public Schools says it will not be changing its policies around sexual orien...
Oct 13, 2019