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Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? In this film image released by Sony Pictures, Tommy Lee Jones, left, and Will Smith star are shown in a scene from "Men in Black 3." Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' sequel "Men in Black 3" debuted as the No.

Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? People walk inside the Jean Marie Vincent camp for people displaced by the devastating 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 10, 2012.

Vicky Shachtay and daughter, seen in this photo with her daughter Destiny, was killed in a blast on November 25.

Police in central Alberta have made an arrest in the case of a disabled woman who was killed by an exploding parcel left at her front door.

Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? Anti-Syrian regime mourners chant slogans as they carry the body of soldier Khaled Shurbajy, who was shot by Syrian security forces in Dir el Zour last week after disobeying orders to fire on anti-Assad protesters, during his funeral procession, ... (more)

EDMONTON Alberta will consider giving police the authority to immediately seize the vehicles of people caught driving at extreme speeds as one way to reduce highway deaths and injuries.

Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? Burning tires block a highway between Kabul and Kandahar in Seed Abad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 26, 2012.

Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? The Baku Crystal Palace is lit by lights during the rehearsals for the 2012 Eurovision Song contest in Baku, Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? HAWKESBURY, Ont.

Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? Samir Al-Wane, with Environment Canada, looks over the wreckage of the Grand Fresniere Presbyterian church caused by a force one tornado in Saint Benoit, Que., on Saturday, May 26, 2012.

Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? Fire rangers walk past a forest fire hazard sign as they walk to a helicopter to battle a forest fire just a few kilometers west of Timmins, Ont., on Saturday, May 26, 2012.

Mr. Mulcair has suggested the Alberta oil exports raise the value of the Canadian dollar, which in turn hurts the economy in other parts of the country.

Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Friday, May 25, 2012 purports to show a wounded child being evacuated in Aleppo, Syria.

Rollie Pemberton is a poet - in fact, he was poet laureate of his hometown, Edmonton, Alberta, for a couple of years.

Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? A Pakistani man prays on top of an oil tanker, which was used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan, while parked in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, May 25, 2012.

Calgary police at the scene of a suspicious death on 19th Avenue east of 42nd Street S.E. in Calgary, Alberta on Friday, May 25, 2012.

"It's actually a little sad that all of the fires at this point are human caused," said Geoffrey Driscoll, wildfire information officer with Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.

Artist Lewis Lavoie lifts up Ayla Chin, 8, who is portrayed in a new downtown mural that was unveiled Wednesday morning.

In the shadow of four deaths last weekend, scores of climbers took advantage of the last window of good weather of the season to resume their attempts to reach the top of Mount Everest, with a Canadian-led group making the summit Friday morning, along with another group that carried a Canadian Olympic medal.

The seven-month search for a former Sudburian had a tragic ending when the body of Kevin Fox, 60, was found May 15 in the Saskatchewan River, north of Edmonton.