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Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests

OTTAWA - A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Lger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveye...

Jan 05, 2021

New lockdown measures begin in Ontario as some provinces move Boxing Day online

MONTREAL - Ontario began a provincewide lockdown on Saturday as several provinces are opting for online or scaled-down Boxing Day shopping to limit the spread of COVID-19. The province has reported mo...

Dec 26, 2020

Spirit of Christmas still alive as hundreds of Canadians give the gift of giving

The most wonderful time in a not-so-wonderful year has arrived and Canadians from coast to coast aren't letting the pandemic put a damper on their Christmas spirit. Many have found creative ways to ce...

Dec 25, 2020

Survivor calls on Trudeau to release St. Anne's residential-school abuse documents

OTTAWA - Residential school survivor Evelyn Korkmaz is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to release thousands of documents that detail the sexual and physical abuse of thousands of Indigenous c...

Dec 23, 2020

NHL, NHLPA reach deal for 56-game season starting Jan. 13

The NHL and the NHL Players' Association settled on a plan for the upcoming season Sunday. The league and union agreed to a 56-game schedule that includes an all-Canadian North Division - for the 2020...

Dec 20, 2020

Backyard rinks easier to build than you might think

MEDICINE HAT, AB - With many group winter social activities put on hold over the holiday season Hatters are going old-school by installing their own ice rinks with one sports store sold out of its kit...

Dec 14, 2020

Small businesses to bear brunt of COVID-19 restrictions

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Nestled in the middle of the Southeast Hill neighbourhood at the junction of Fourth Avenue and Aberdeen is one of the city's oldest retail strips and rarity in a world dominated by ...

Dec 09, 2020

Busy year for Christmas trees at Cypress Hills provincial park

ELKWATER, AB - There were no shortage of cars and trucks leaving the Cypress Hills with a Christmas tree strapped on them during the first weekend residents were allowed to cut their own lodgepole pin...

Dec 08, 2020

New generation of board games flying off the shelf during pandemic

REDCLIFF, AB - The old standard board games like Monopoly or Trivial Pursuit might still be favourites around the dining room table but a wide range of new generation of games is changing the landscap...

Dec 04, 2020

Safety improvements at Brooks meat processor protecting workers from COVID

BROOKS, AB - As cases surge across the province, Brooks has managed to avoid a repeat of that city's outbreak in the spring which saw more than a thousand active cases swamp the community of 15,000 pe...

Dec 03, 2020