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MacKinnon Report recommendation could bring changes to municipal funding by province
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A recommendation listed in the MacKinnon Report on Alberta's Finances could change how municipal projects across the province are funded in the future.The report, released on Tuesda...
Sep 04, 2019 Medicine Hat City Hall
Council approves municipal assist for proposed Folium Biosciences plant
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Folium Biosciences has received an assist from the city before shovels go into the ground on their planned Medicine Hat facility.During Tuesday night's city council meeting, council...
Sep 04, 2019 Aerial footage shows the site of the proposed Folium Biosciences plant in Medicine Hat earlier this summer. (Screenshot from video shot by Justin Quinton for Folium Biosciences)
Rebecca Lee-Bentham to play against men in Mackenzie Tour event in Montreal
Coming off a three-year break from elite competition, Rebecca Lee-Bentham is finding ways to keep golf interesting. She'll be the only woman in the field when the Mackenzie Investments Open tees ...
Sep 04, 2019
Argos general manager Jim Popp not looking to shuffle CFL team's roster
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts are in the East Division basement, but GM Jim Popp isn't looking to shuffle his roster. Toronto (1-9) has dropped three straight to stand fourth in the East Division, f...
Sep 04, 2019
Conservation group: Bolivia fires ravaged big cat habitat
RIO DE JANEIRO - A conservation group says one of Latin America's key habitats for jaguars suffered extensive devastation during fires in Bolivia. The South America director for the New York-based Pan...
Sep 04, 2019
Some in flooded Quebec town angry new dike will block their waterfront views
MONTREAL - Some lakeside residents of a town northwest of Montreal that was severely flooded last spring after a dike ruptured are now upset the government's repairs to the structure will ob...
Sep 04, 2019
The art of sloganeering: How many ways can politicians say 'change'?
OTTAWA - Change. Forward. Together. For you. They are the buzzwords of political campaigns worldwide, used time and again in various combinations, to sum up a campaign theme in few enough letters...
Sep 04, 2019
Canadian couples trapped in Bahamas during Hurricane Dorian are safe: daughter
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area woman says her parents and their friends are safe after riding out Hurricane Dorian in the attic of a home in the Bahamas. Kristin Dudley said in a brief phon...
Sep 04, 2019
Harry Potter removed from Tennessee Catholic school library
NASHVILLE - A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school's priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure evil spirits. In an email obtained...
Sep 04, 2019
Camargo, Donaldson hit HRs as Braves beat Blue Jays 6-3
ATLANTA - With Bobby Cox in the house, the Atlanta Braves found instant extra motivation. Josh Donaldson and Johan Camargo hit two-run homers and Mike Soroka snapped a streak of eight starts without a...
Sep 04, 2019