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zmason@medicinehatnews.com A student-led fundraiser is taking over the silver screen at the historic Monarch Theatre this Saturday. This weekend’s screening of Mary Poppins was organized by Madison Mauch, a Grade 12 student at Monsignor McCoy High School, to fundraise for her school’s production arts program and promote their upcoming production of the 1964 classic. Mauch [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is looking to celebrate the less-than-natural landscape of the city with its latest nature walk. “Our landscape is natural, right? Everything is native, natural and belonging to our ecosystem which has looked like this forever? Well, things may not be as they appear,” said Mhairi Donnelly. “Join this guided walk [...] Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Members of the Medicine Hat High School SPARK club (supporting passions and advancing real knowledge) held a career fair for fellow students in the school’s main foyer Wednesday morning, hoping to inspire and share insights on careers available within the STEM fields. Grade 12 student and founder of the SPARK Club, Zainab Riaz, says [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Members of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team are investigating RCMP’s use of force of a female who was in custody at its detachment in October. According to a press release, Mounties in Gleichen arrested a female for mischief during the evening of Oct. 30 at 9:50 p.m. On being arrested the female suspect [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education is hosting a 50/50 ticket raffle in partnership with its Education Foundation to raise money for the new K-9 Holy Trinity Academy, currently under construction and set to open in September 2027. The school division is selling tickets to support the new school, which features several brand [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The NDP leadership candidates are conceding they need to brush up on their French language skills as they face off for the campaign’s first debate in Montreal. The debate began with a plan to have 60 per cent of the debate take place in French, but most has been in English. Documentarian Avi [...] Read More »

British Columbia Premier David Eby and First Nations have thrown up a wall of opposition to a proposed northern oil pipeline, after Alberta and the federal government signed a memorandum of understanding to work toward making it a reality. Eby said Thursday that the pipeline proposal was a distraction that had already cost B.C. another [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault has resigned from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet to protest Ottawa signing an agreement with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline. In a social media post Thursday, Guilbeault said he submitted his resignation to Carney Thursday afternoon “with great sadness.” “Despite this difficult economic context, I remain one of [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has tabled new legislation that would introduce broad new restrictions on religious practices in public and private spaces. On Thursday, Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge said the bill is part of Quebec’s decades-long process of secularization. “This is how we live in Quebec, and this is how we’re going to continue [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — As the Quebec government tables broad new restrictions on religious practices, Muslim students say they feel unfairly singled out by measures that would forbid them from praying anywhere on college and university campuses. Throughout the day at Concordia University in Montreal, hundreds of students file in and out of two nondescript doors on [...] Read More »

Over 200 Blood Tribe members took part in The Blood Tribe Resource Fair Thursday in Standoff. The event was the first of its kind, says Levi Little Moustache, Director of Blood Tribe Employment and Skills Training (BTEST). “The event today was a collaboration of all the HR departments (including) all the departments under Blood Tribe, [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Misconduct allegations from more than five years ago finally culminated in a disciplinary hearing for Lethbridge Police Service Chief Shahin Mehdizadeh this week. The Lethbridge Police Commission held the hearing Thursday at City Hall to address misconduct allegations against Mehdizadeh regarding an incident that took place in March 2021. The allegations were made [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDjmanio@lethbridgeherald.com A perpetual challenge for not-for-profit organizations is funding for their charitable work. In support of its continuing mission, Lethbridge Family Services (LFS) is hosting an inaugural gala called “Spring to Light” on April 25 at the Agri-Food Hub and Trade Center, featuring Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist, and author Rick Mercer. “This [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A new temporary exhibit has opened at the Galt Museum and Archives that highlights different ways community members and organizations have taken action to create social change in southern Alberta. “Taking Action: People Making a Difference” is now on display until Oct. 5, 2025, and Camina Weasel Moccasin, indigenous curator at the Galt [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDjmanio@lethbridgeherald.com After a long and storied career as a familiar face reporting the weather on CTV Lethbridge, Dory Rossiter retired on April 1st and it was no April Fool’s joke. Retirement, however, merely means clearing her schedule to make room for her passions: the military, music and community service. Rossiter has been an honorary [...] Read More »