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Texas grand jury indicts Michigan professor on assault claim
HOUSTON - A grand jury in Texas this week indicted a University of Michigan professor who's also a renowned opera singer on one count of sexual assault for what prosecutors say was the rape of an inca...
Jul 26, 2019
50th anniversary of Aberdeen Street shootout
It was a legendary shootout in the history of Medicine Hat which left a culprit shot dead in the street, a city policeman shot in the face and 11 civilians taken captive, including the chief of police...
Jul 26, 2019 Photo courtesy of MHPS - The safe from the Saving Centre Grocery sits in the trunk of the would-be getaway vehicle involved in the Aberdeen Street shootout.
New farm consultations, new way of advertising
There is a common saying regarding the Internet; if you're receiving a free service online, you are the product. However, the city's two local MLAs are asking participants in the upcoming local Farm F...
Jul 26, 2019 Screenshot courtesy Eventbrite - One of several Farm Freedom and Safety Act consultations being advertised on Eventbrite.
Four people dead in B.C. float plane crash
VICTORIA - Four people have been confirmed dead in a float plane crash on a small island off the northern tip of Vancouver Island. Lt. Chelsea Dubeau with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Vict...
Jul 26, 2019 British Columbia
HBO's 'Dark Materials,' 'Gemstones' both grapple with faith
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - HBO's forthcoming fantasy series "His Dark Materials" and its new televangelist comedy "The Righteous Gemstones" bring wildly different worlds to the screen, yet both grapple w...
Jul 26, 2019
No floppy-haired leading man for TV's 'Four Weddings' take
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Hulu's "Four Weddings and a Funeral" pays homage to the 1990s film, but don't expect a Hugh Grant copycat in the limited series. Creator Mindy Kaling says she deliberately avoi...
Jul 26, 2019
RCMP ask anyone who may have helped B.C. suspects flee to come forward
Mounties in Manitoba are asking that anyone who may have unwittingly helped two teen homicide suspects leave the area where they were last seen to come forward. Cpl. Julie Courchaine says police aren'...
Jul 26, 2019
B.C. Lions 'need to turn threes into sevens' against Roughriders: coach
VANCOUVER - B.C. Lions defensive back Crezdon Butler has a chip on his shoulder and a score to settle heading into Saturday's matchup with the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders. The 32-year-old w...
Jul 26, 2019
High court allows use of Pentagon funds for border wall
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. The Supreme Court said Friday that it would lift a...
Jul 26, 2019
Province ups oil production limits for September
EDMONTON, AB - The province announced an increase to the oil production limit for September.According to a news release from the government Friday afternoon, production limits for the month of Septemb...
Jul 26, 2019