Medicine Hat News

Farmers across much of the Prairies hope for heat as wet weather slows harvest

REGINA - Flooding has delayed or washed out seeding across a wide swath of the Prairies, and more wet weather is now slowing the harvest.

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ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices closed lower, Barley unchanged on Thursday

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Chinese firm makes bid for Sask. coal landowner in deal that promises new plant

REGINA - A Chinese company is seeking majority ownership of Saskatchewanâ€™s biggest coal landholder.

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Manitoba RCMP warn wire thieves could be risking injury or even death

CARBERRY, Man. - RCMP in Manitoba have issued a warning to thieves who may be putting themselves in danger of severe injury or even death.

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Ag Growth International CEO diagnosed with cancer but continues in role

WINNIPEG - Ag Growth International Inc.'s CEO Rob Stenson is undergoing treatment for cancer, but will continue to lead the company.

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ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices closed higher, Barley unchanged on Wednesday

WINNIPEG - Closing prices:

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ICE Futures Canada: Canola futures prices closed mixed, Barley unchanged on Tuesday

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PotashCorp attacks BHP for calling its customers, says it's 'highly unethical'

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. says suitor BHP Billiton is calling its customers "to sow seeds of doubt and confusion about the future" of the Canadian company.

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IND DairyTech reports Q2 profit of $3.2M; investments offset operating loss

VANCOUVER - IND DairyTech Ltd. (TSXV:IND) credits investment gains for putting the milk producer in the black in the second quarter despite an operating loss blamed on the cost of dealing with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.

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IND DairyTech reports Q2 profit of $3.2M; investments offset operating loss

VANCOUVER - IND DairyTech Ltd. (TSXV:IND) reports second-quarter net earnings of $3.2 million or three cents per share compared with a loss of $1.7 million in the second quarter of last year. Revenue was $7.9 million compared with $1.2 million in the second quarter of 2009.

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HEADLINES

Bob Dylan's acrylic 'Brazil Series' on display in Denmark National Gallery COPENHAGEN - Denmark's National Gallery is displaying 40 acrylic paintings by Bob Dylan that have never before been shown to the public. 22 hours ago	Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield to blast off into space in 2012 LONGUEUIL, Que. - Veteran astronaut Chris Hadfield is going to become the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station when he blasts off in December 2012. 23 hours ago	Forecasters say hurricane Earl's track on course for Atlantic Canada by Saturday HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre has issued a tropical storm watch for areas of southern Nova Scotia. 1 day ago
Hockey musical 'Score' to kick off 5 Canadian film festivals this month TORONTO - "Score: A Hockey Musical" will kick off five film festivals across Canada this month. 1 day ago	Ex-CBS producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman released after 4 months NEW YORK, N.Y. - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show. 17 hours ago	Imaginative writer needs to grow up, save career in comedy, 'It Must Be Him' NEW YORK, N.Y. - The spectacle of a morose Hollywood writer who is down on his luck shouldn't really be funny. But Kenny Solms, himself a successful, longtime Hollywood writer, takes the concept and runs with it in his amusing new comedy, "It Must Be Him." 18 hours ago
'Asylum' tops HMV Canada CD sales chart; 'Place Called Love' top country CD TORONTO - The following is HMV Canada's top 10 CDs based on national sales for the week ending Sept. 4. 18 hours ago	Pakistan players charged under ICC's anti-corruption code in wake of scandal LONDON - Three Pakistan players have been charged by the ICC under its anti-corruption code in the wake of the match-fixing scandal that has stunned cricket. 17 hours ago	Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield to blast off into space in 2012 LONGUEUIL, Que. - Veteran astronaut Chris Hadfield will blast off in December 2012 on a six-month visit to the International Space Station. 1 day ago