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Europe's Christmas dilemma: risk empty chairs next year?
BRUSSELS - Please leave a chair empty at this year's family Christmas dinner as a precaution, or face the possibility of having that chair empty forever. That's the stark dilemma Belgium's prime minis...
Nov 28, 2020
Biden's win means some Guantanamo prisoners may be released
WASHINGTON - The oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre went to his latest review board hearing with a degree of hope, something that has been scarce during his 16 years locked up with...
Nov 28, 2020
Kashmir people vote in local polls amid cold and security
SRINAGAR, India - Thousands of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir voted Saturday amid tight security and freezing cold temperatures in the first phase of local elections, the first since New Delhi re...
Nov 28, 2020
Mountie says he suggested meeting with CBSA on Meng arrest to avoid 'problems'
VANCOUVER - The Mountie who says he warned against arresting Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou by boarding her plane when it landed in Vancouver says he made his own decision to come into the airport and ...
Nov 27, 2020
Things you can still do in the Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The gloomy news this week of restrictions on activities due to rising COVID-19 numbers in Alberta shouldn't dissuade Hatters from looking to a whole range of things to do in the cit...
Nov 27, 2020
New impaired driving legislation starts Dec. 1
New impaired driving legislation will come into force next week in Alberta on Tuesday, December 1.Sgt. Gerald Sadlemyer with Medicine Hat Police Service Traffic Unit says the Provincial Administrative...
Nov 27, 2020
Local spin studio pivots for public health only to close their doors again
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Kollektiv Cycle re-opened their doors for riders this month, only to close two weeks later due to the new COVID-19 restrictions for group fitness announced on Tuesday.Prior to openi...
Nov 27, 2020
Jagmeet Singh stoked for 'epic crossover' in video gaming sesh with AOC
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his public video gaming session with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tonight is about reaching young people where they hang. Singh, who challenged the firebrand member ...
Nov 27, 2020
PMOops: Trudeau's office releases account of him scolding O'Toole before he does it
OTTAWA - A spokesman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his office accidentally sent out an account of a phone call with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole that hadn't happened yet. The premature ac...
Nov 27, 2020
Toronto Raptors open NBA pre-season at Charlotte, face Miami in "home" game
The new-look Toronto Raptors will open their three-game NBA pre-season in Charlotte.The Raptors are on the road against the Hornets Dec. 12 and 14, and then face the Miami Heat in a "home" game on Dec...
Nov 27, 2020