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Medicine Hat woman wins $1 million on Lotto 6/49
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat woman recently won $1 million dollars in a Lotto 6/49 draw.Lynn Freundl won the guaranteed $1 million prize in the March 27, 2019 draw, according to a release from th...
Jul 30, 2019 Lynn Freundl recently won $1 million on a lotto 6/49 Draw (Photo courtesy: Western Canada Lottery Corporation)
CHL tabs NBA Canada executive as first full-time president
TORONTO - Longtime NBA Canada executive Dan MacKenzie has been named the first full-time president of the Canadian Hockey League. Ontario Hockey League commissioner David Branch had been also serving ...
Jul 30, 2019
Local producers feeling the sting from fake honey imports
MEDICINE HAT, AB -- The Honey industry isn't as sweet as it seems. Honey cut with artificial ingredients has been flowing into Canada, damaging the local market. Honey cut with artificial sugars like ...
Jul 30, 2019 Courtesy: Colton Mckee
Statistics Canada takes second look at ethnicity question on census
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada officials estimate the number of people identifying as Jewish in the 2016 census could have been double what it was if not for a small change on the questionnaire. The numbe...
Jul 30, 2019
Lafreniere trying to block out NHL draft talk as Canada begins world junior prep
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Alexis Lafreniere has allowed his mind to wander, if ever so slightly, beyond what's right in front of him. And it's hard to blame the always-smiling 17-year-old phenom. Lafreniere i...
Jul 30, 2019
A town known for garlic grapples with grief after shooting
GILROY, Calif. - Only a few days ago, Gilroy was known for one thing: garlic. The rural community near San Francisco lived and breathed the prized, pungent crop. Now it's the site of the latest Americ...
Jul 30, 2019
Tories, NDP to press Liberals on handling of China relations at meeting
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say the federal opposition parties hope to use a possible committee investigation to get at the details of the Liberal government's China policy. Conservative critic Leo...
Jul 30, 2019
Trump hails 'righteous cause of American self-government'
JAMESTOWN, Va. - President Donald Trump marked the 400th anniversary of the rise of American democracy on Tuesday by celebrating "four incredible centuries of history, heritage and commitment to the r...
Jul 30, 2019
Brown adds another Canadian title in 200, DeBues-Stafford wins women's 1,500
MONTREAL - Every time Gabriela DeBues-Stafford steps up to the starting line, she has a who's who of Canadian women's distance running cheering her on. The 23-year-old from Toronto led wire-to-wi...
Jul 30, 2019
Canadians Schnur, Pospisil and Polansky awarded Rogers Cup wild cards
MONTREAL - Canadians Brayden Schnur, Vasek Pospisil and Peter Polansky have earned wild-card entries into the main draw of the upcoming Rogers Cup men's tennis tournament in Montreal. Schnur, ranked 9...
Jul 30, 2019