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Single family home damaged in Thursday night fire
MEDICINE HAT - A home that was under renovation in the Connaught sub-division caught fire last night and the structure suffered significant damage.Medicine Hat firefighters responded to the alarm arou...
Feb 05, 2021

A sexy Alexa, Dan Levy's M&M habit: Super Bowl ads to watch
It might not have seemed likely early in the pandemic, but the 55th Super Bowl Sunday is upon us yet again. Each year advertisers pull out all the stops to entertain the crowd of 100 million viewers e...
Feb 05, 2021

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime reaches final four at Murray River Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has reached the semifinals at the Murray River Open. The third-seeded Auger-Aliassime beat world Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic when the world ...
Feb 05, 2021

Economy lost over 200 thousand jobs in January
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 213,000 jobs in in January as employment fell to the lowest level since August last year, wiping out the gains made in the fall. The unemployment rate ...
Feb 05, 2021

NFL Hall of Fame coach Bill Cowher has memoir out in June
NEW YORK - Hall of Fame coach and NFL analyst Bill Cowher has a book coming out in June that his publisher is calling "more than just a football story." The former Pittsburgh Steelers coach, who led h...
Feb 05, 2021

Pariah with benefits: US aiding Saudi defence despite chill
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden laid out a tougher line on Saudi Arabia than any U.S. president in decades. He said he would make the kingdom "pay the price" for human rights abuses and "make t...
Feb 05, 2021

January job numbers and Trump quits Screen Actors Guild: In The News for Feb. 5
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb 5. ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 05, 2021

B.C. man who helped stranded U.S. family rewarded with new car, peanuts
A B.C. man who gained widespread attention for helping drive a stranded American family to the Alaska-Canada border will soon be able to do that trip in a new car. Gary Bath, a Canadian ranger and mil...
Feb 05, 2021

Federal prison chaplains reach first contract agreement, union says
OTTAWA - The union representing federal prison chaplains says it has reached a tentative contract agreement with their employer that includes wage increases and improved benefits. The United Steelwork...
Feb 05, 2021

B.C.'s top doctor has hinted COVID-19 restrictions may not lift as planned
VICTORIA - Restrictions on social gatherings and events to contain the spread of COVID-19 are supposed to lift in British Columbia today, but the provincial health officer has indicated that may not h...
Feb 05, 2021