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Guerrero Jr. leaves Blue Jays game in second inning with left-knee discomfort
TORONTO - Hot-hitting rookie Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left the Toronto Blue Jays game after two innings with left-knee discomfort against the Seattle Mariners on Saturday afternoon. He will undergo ...
Aug 17, 2019
Nick Kyrgios fined more than $100,000 for vulgar conduct
MASON, Ohio - Nick Kyrgios was fined $113,000 by the ATP for expletive-filled outbursts in which he smashed rackets, insulted a chair umpire and refused to get ready to return serve during a second-ro...
Aug 17, 2019
Testy exchange between Quebec immigration minister and UN representative
Quebec has spent hundreds of millions of dollars resettling refugees and asylum seekers over the past few years, which is more than its fair share, Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette ...
Aug 17, 2019
Indigenous tour coming to Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- A new tour celebrating Medicine Hat's Indigenous history is coming to the city on August 18. The Miywasin Friendship Centre in partnership with Tourism Medicine Hat and Community F...
Aug 17, 2019
Florkowski wins Canadian Amputee and Disabled National Open golf title
OKOTOKS, AB - Over the years, Jesse Florkowski has established himself as one of the top one-armed golfers in the world.On Friday, the Medicine Hat native added to his trophy case with a Canadian Ampu...
Aug 17, 2019 Photo courtesy of Jesse Florkowski
Canadians killed in Afghanistan honoured at re-dedication ceremony of cenotaph
OTTAWA - More than 150 Canadians killed during the war in Afghanistan are being remembered in a special ceremony in Ottawa this morning. The ceremony, which is being attended by hundreds of family mem...
Aug 17, 2019
Cubs acquire rights to forward Bast, add new equipment manager
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Some added firepower is joining the Medicine Hat Cubs ranks, as the team has brought forward Ryley Bast into the fold.The Cubs announced on Thursday they had acquired the rights to ...
Aug 17, 2019 Photo courtesy of Edson Aeros
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson comes out as gay after 40 years
OTTAWA - After 40 years, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has come out as gay. In a column published in the Ottawa Citizen on Saturday, Watson writes that it was a "mistake" not coming out ...
Aug 17, 2019
The sky is the limit to souping up your hotrod at Cars and Guitars
Medicine Hat, AB - The gates are open at the Canalta Centre's Cars and Guitars with a blinding array of chrome-laden, Detroit steel made cars, station wagons, vans and trucks on display looking to wow...
Aug 17, 2019 Photo by Alex McCuaig - A '68 Ford Falcon on display at the Cars and Guitars show at the Canalta Centre.
Lakers' Cousins tears ACL in left knee, awaiting surgery
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - DeMarcus Cousins is facing rehab from another major injury, and the Los Angeles Lakers have endured their first big problem of a season with championship expectations. Cousins was...
Aug 17, 2019