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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Four Medicine Hat Police Service cadets, joined by a lone cadet representing the Blood Tribe Police Service, began their 24-week training program Monday, the first new police training program between the MHPS and Medicine Hat College. The five cadets will undergo intense training over the next six months while completing the competency-based curriculum that [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant Construction is well underway on the first wind power project to undergo an interim “viewscape” analysis laid out by the provincial government, but the developer has applied to relocate two towers that were nixed in the original approval. WildRose Windfarm was initially put before the Alberta Utilities Commission 12 years ago, but in 2021, [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The City of Medicine Hat has opened the application window for proposals to repurpose one or more of the eight seacans previously located downtown at Towne Square. The seacans were initially approved for removal in a council meeting in November, and the City has since been seeking ideas for what should be done with [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews Two men are charged with weapons offences and sneaking firearms back and forth into Canada after they were detained in a remote area south of Val Marie, Sask. on Jan. 6. U.S. border patrol states a truck with two men in it was stopped at about 9 p.m. that night and the RCMP’s Integrated [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College is seeking nominations for this year’s recipient of its honorary applied degree that will be presented during convocation this spring. The college is accepting applications until the end of January and is looking to recognize an outstanding citizen who exemplifies community contribution. “Our region thrives thanks to the contributions of many [...] Read More »

TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford says provincial officials estimate that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canadian goods could cost up to half a million jobs. Trump has said he would sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all products arriving in the United States from Canada and Mexico [...] Read More »

One in 10 Canadians live in communities susceptible to workforce disruption from the transition to a greener economy, a new report suggests while underlining solutions that could help those regions adapt. The Institute for Research on Public Policy says governments in Canada have work to do to support the 68 communities it identified as susceptible [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Champagne to announce leadership intentions today Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne plans to reveal his intentions for the Liberal leadership race today. So far, Ontario MP Chandra Arya and former Montreal MP Frank Baylis are the only two to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne plans to reveal his intentions for the Liberal leadership race today. So far, Ontario MP Chandra Arya and former Montreal MP Frank Baylis are the only two to officially join the contest. However, The Canadian Press confirmed that former finance minister Chrystia Freeland will announce her bid in coming [...] Read More »

Grizzly bears that visited ecotourism areas along a river on the province’s central coast were less likely than others to encounter conflict with people in communities downstream, a new study by British Columbia-based researchers has found. Jason Moody with the Nuxalk Nation’s fisheries and wildlife program said the research shows ecotourism done right is not [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com After the Alberta NDP called on the UCP government to ensure school support staff received fair wages last week, local school board chairs shared their thoughts on the matter. Both the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division and the Lethbridge School Division are aware of the situation faced by many school divisions in Alberta [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Monday marked the beginning of Lethbridge Police Service monitoring an additional 42 Lethbridge playground zones with photo radar to help reduce speeding and prevent collisions. In December 2019, the Alberta Government prohibited municipalities from adding any new photo radar locations, but that ban was lifted last month when the province announced changes to [...] Read More »

A Pincher Creek man is hoping to bring new life to the downtown by refurbishing and rebuilding two iconic hotels for the town. Mark Maunsell, a long-time resident of Pincher Creek, remembers the King Edward Hotel and what a significant structure it was to the town. Pincher Creek is also home to the Alberta Hotel, [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Whoever thinks influencers are just young people on social media doing makeup tutorials or unboxing things, probably have yet to hear from local radio personality turned influencer Erin Lucas. After graduating from broadcasting school in Saskatoon in 2001 and a short stint in her home province of Saskatchewan, Lucas came to Lethbridge to [...] Read More »

One of Lethbridge’s nature sites is home to a significant piece of Indigenous history and there are plans to help preserve the story to foster reconciliation in the city. Indian Battle Park was where the Battle of the Belly River took place between the Blackfoot, Cree and Assiniboine people in the fall of 1870. At [...] Read More »