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Pedestrians hit by U-Haul van in Edmonton testify at trial of alleged attacker
EDMONTON - Two pedestrians struck by a U-Haul van in downtown Edmonton two years ago say they suffered psychologically after the attack. Paul Beigel has testified he was outside a bar h...
Oct 09, 2019

Medicine Hat man charged with promoting hatred pleads not guilty, will go to trial
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat man facing charges of promoting hatred, along with multiple weapons charges from over a year ago will be going to trial.Loki Hulgaard, 36, pleaded not guilty to charg...
Oct 09, 2019 Medicine Hat Provincial Courthouse. (CHAT News Today)

Provincial government calls on Ottawa to reverse military health funding change
EDMONTON -- Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro is calling on the federal government to reverse a decision that will see provinces pick up more of the cost of treating members of the military for me...
Oct 09, 2019 Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro - The Canadian Press

Blue Bombers acquire veteran quarterback Collaros from Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts dealt quarterback Zach Collaros to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Wednesday just prior to the league's trade deadline. According to a league source, the Bombers and Argos...
Oct 09, 2019

Alberta fires board of real estate regulator, cites paralyzing dysfunction
EDMONTON -- The Alberta government is moving to fire the entire board that regulates the provincial real-estate industry on the grounds it is hopelessly dysfunctional and wracked by infighting.Bill 15...
Oct 09, 2019 Minister of Service Alberta Nate Glubish announces proposed changes to the Real Estate Act.

Former Stirling Elementary School secretary receives conditional sentence for stealing nearly $90,000
LETHBRIDGE, AB - There will be no jail time for a former Stirling Elementary School secretary who pleaded guilty to stealing $89,455.81 from the school where she used to work.Instead, Kathleen Broadhe...
Oct 09, 2019 Kathleen Broadhead - Photo - Courtesy : Facebook

Coach John Herdman says Canada up for showdown with U.S. in Toronto
TORONTO - Coach John Herdman says Canada's upcoming CONCACAF Nations League match against the United States will come down to who wants it more. And he suggested his young Canadian team is ready ...
Oct 09, 2019

Braves don't give out tomahawks after Helsley's complaint
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves have not distributed their traditional red foam tomahawks to fans before Game 5 of their NL Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. The foam cutouts are used when...
Oct 09, 2019

Manitoba's government wants to put off court challenge over wage freeze
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is asking a judge to shelve a court challenge launched by unions representing 110,000 workers over the province's public-sector wage freeze. Two years after the...
Oct 09, 2019

Canada condemns Turkish military incursion in northern Syria as destabilizing
OTTAWA - Canada has joined its major allies in firmly condemning Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland made Canada's position clear in a...
Oct 09, 2019