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AJ's Loan Cupboard makes sure everyone has access to medical equipment
Medicine Hat, AB - Ten years ago, Jeff Desjarlais and his family were searching for a way to make sure his father could spend as much time as possible at home after being diagnosed with terminal cance...
Jul 31, 2019 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee
Rotary Centennial Trail connects Medicine Hat, Desert Blume
DESERT BLUME, AB - A new trail connecting Cypress County and Medicine Hat has already seen use from the community.The Rotary Centennial Trail, a partnership between Cypress County, the City of Medicin...
Jul 31, 2019 Rotary Centennial Trail (photo by Charles Lefebvre)
County continues to battle wildfires
Cypress County, AB - Cypress Country remains under a state of local emergency due to wildfires. Over the past week an estimated 17,000 hectares of land has burned between a fire in Walsh and another i...
Jul 31, 2019 Photo courtesy of Dunmore Fire Station
City's electric utility expecting increased use during warm weather
MEDICINE HAT, AB - with potential record-breaking temperatures in the forecast in the next several days, the City's electric utility says it is ready to handle any extra demand on the electric generat...
Jul 31, 2019 The City of Medicine Hat's power plant (photo by Colton McKee)
Boris Johnson visits Belfast as Brexit woes hurt UK economy
LONDON - New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday finished his rocky debut tour of the U.K. in Northern Ireland, where he faces a doubly difficult challenge of restoring the collapsed Bel...
Jul 31, 2019
The Latest: Plan to allow drug imports will take time
WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Donald Trump's plan to lower prescription drug prices (all times local): 6:20 p.m. It's unclear how soon consumers will see benefits from a Trump administration pl...
Jul 31, 2019
Fire at Texas Exxon Mobil refinery slightly injures 37
HOUSTON - An explosion and fire at an Exxon Mobil oil refinery in Texas on Wednesday left 37 people with minor injuries, in the latest of a series of petrochemical industry blazes this year in the Hou...
Jul 31, 2019
Canadian gymnast Ellie Black wins five medals for second Pan Ams in a row
LIMA, Peru - Canadian gymnast Ellie Black's breakout performance came four years ago in Toronto. Her Pan Am Games encore in Lima was on par and nearly one better. Black's record-smashin...
Jul 31, 2019
US officials say key rail safety technology 90% complete
WASHINGTON - The railroad industry has installed safety technology on nearly 90% of tracks where it is required, federal officials said Wednesday, but "significant work" is needed to ensure the techno...
Jul 31, 2019
Five things to know about the dangers of Manitoba's northern wilderness
GILLAM, Man. - The RCMP have been searching a remote area in northern Manitoba for more than a week trying to find murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod. A burned-out vehicle the fugitives&...
Jul 31, 2019