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‘Too busy’: Trump professes disinterest on impeachment
WASHINGTON - What hearings? What phone call? Professing disinterest and disdain, President Donald Trump said he was "too busy" doing the people's business Wednesday to watch the impeachment hearings t...
Nov 14, 2019
Live, from DC: Trump impeachment hearings about to go public
WASHINGTON - The closed doors of the Trump impeachment investigation are swinging wide open. When the gavel strikes at the start of the House hearing Wednesday morning, America and the rest of the wor...
Nov 14, 2019
Australian wildfires destroy homes and force evacuations
CANBERRA, Australia - Scores of wildfires continued to rage across vast tracts of Australia's drought-stricken east coast on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes, some for ...
Nov 14, 2019
As Hong Kong descends into chaos, China mulls its options
BEIJING - A sharp escalation of violence in Hong Kong is once again raising the question of how China's central government will respond: Will it intervene, or allow the chaos to persist? The Liaison O...
Nov 14, 2019
'He now feels he carries a heavy stigma,' parents of St. Mike's victim say
TORONTO - A teen boy still cannot address being sexually assaulted by his football teammates in the locker room at a prestigious all-boys Catholic high school last year, a youth court heard Thurs...
Nov 14, 2019
Acing it: Success of Nats, Astros puts attention on starters
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Washington went against baseball's trend toward bulked-up bullpens, dedicating 39% of its payroll to three starting pitchers: Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin. Th...
Nov 14, 2019
Medicine Hat celebrating Metis Week
Medicine Hat, AB - Across Alberta, people are celebrating Metis Week, A week to recognize the important role that Mtis people have played in the founding and development of the province, and the contr...
Nov 14, 2019 Metis Nation Local 8 and the Miywasin Friendship Centre's Jeannette Hansen (Photo by Bob Schneider)
Ontario court upholds policing powers of private law enforcement in OSPCA case
TORONTO - Ontario's top court has affirmed the now-ceded policing powers of the province's animal welfare agency, striking down a lower court's ruling that called into question the constitutional...
Nov 14, 2019
College to host conference on the hemp and cannabis industry in southeast Alberta
Medicine Hat, AB - The hemp and cannabis industry is growing here in southeast Alberta. With Aurora Cannabis set to be opening their facility next year, the Medicine Hat College is taking steps to mak...
Nov 14, 2019
Grade 6 student named Fire Chief for a Day
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Mia Chrun is not old enough to drive a fire truck yet, but on Thursday, she was the one giving orders. The Grade 6 student at Dr. Ken Sauer School was the winner of the Fire Chief F...
Nov 14, 2019 Mia Chrun receives her firefighter jacket after being named Fire Chief for a Day on Thursday - Photo by Ross Lavigne