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Medalta seeking funds to replace kilns
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- For a technology which is 25,000 years old, an advancement made in the 1500s can be considered relatively new. While that might be the case with ceramics and salt kilns, the corros...
Aug 08, 2019 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee - One of two kilns which require replacing at the Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics.
Police arrest man following incident with fake gun
Medicine Hat, AB - Medicine Hat Police had a major scare on Wednesday involving a replica firearm. Around 4:30 p.m. an officer noticed a man who appeared to be loading a hand gun in the downtown core ...
Aug 08, 2019
FX's new 'A Christmas Carol' has darker take, younger cast
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - FX's new adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" includes a younger Scrooge and Bob Cratchit and a darker take on the Charles Dickens classic. Ebenezer Scrooge, often portrayed on sc...
Aug 08, 2019
Wayne Newton sued over monkey bite to girl visiting his home
LAS VEGAS - Wayne Newton is being sued by a Nevada woman who claims the crooner's pet monkey bit and injured her daughter at his mansion in October 2017. The lawsuit seeking at least $15,000 and filed...
Aug 08, 2019
Emails: Pritzker's office not aware band booked for 2 months
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A southern rock band whose logo features Confederate flags was booked for the DuQuoin State Fair for two months before Gov. J.B. Pritzker's staff learned of the gig and abruptly ca...
Aug 08, 2019
Harris interested in righting Eskimos' ship, not facing former Redblacks mates
EDMONTON - Trevor Harris isn't giving nearly as much thought to facing his former team when the Ottawa Redblacks come calling at Commonwealth Stadium Friday as he is to finding a way to help his Edmon...
Aug 08, 2019
Ottawa keeping tabs as doctors sound alarm about cancer drug supply
OTTAWA - The federal health minister's office says it is keeping a close watch on the supply of three generic cancer drugs as doctors raise serious concerns about the ris...
Aug 08, 2019
Retired senior Mountie says answers could still come in B.C. homicides
Investigators should be able to provide some answers about three homicides in northern British Columbia even though two suspects in the case are believed to be dead, says a former RCMP assis...
Aug 08, 2019
Mark Shapiro sympathizes with Blue Jays fans' frustration after trades
TORONTO - Mark Shapiro can sympathize with frustrated Toronto Blue Jays fans - he's unhappy too. The Blue Jays president and CEO spoke with media on Thursday afternoon, and before taking questions he ...
Aug 08, 2019
RCMP confirm 11-year-old boy killed in Wednesday collision near Oyen
OYEN, AB - RCMP in Oyen say an 11-year-old boy was killed in a motor vehicle collision near the town Wednesday afternoon.The collision occurred at Highway 9 at Range Road 60, northwest of Oyen. RCMP r...
Aug 08, 2019