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asmith@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Rose Public Schools has received confirmation regarding its decision to pursue the construction of a new school replacement project in Redcliff. In November of last year, the trustees passed a motion to redirect an initial capital project request, which was for a modernization of the current Parkside Jr High School, to a new [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com For those with burning questions about their pet or local wildlife’s behaviour, Medicine Hat Interpretive Program hopes to have the answers with their latest offering. “Have you ever found yourself wondering, why owls bob their heads, or what’s with cats zooming around at 2 a.m, or why birds of prey sometimes dive at people,” [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant Members of racing and shooting groups located in north Medicine Hat are again objecting to land-planning changes they say will threaten their facilities near a proposed industrial development zone. That’s even as planning officials say there is no immediate requirement to change operations, or eventual plan to clear land. The matter arose as city [...] Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Justin Wright, MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat, held an informal open house for members of the public at his constituency office Thursday evening, where he listened to concerns raised by residents and answered some ‘hard-ball’ questions around potential tariffs and increased border security. Wright was asked if he feels provincial spending to increase border security [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews Economic developers from southwest Alberta are on a trade mission to Australia centring on agri-food trade with southeast Asia, according to “SouthGrow Regional initiative” that centres on the western side of the Highway 3 economic corridor. Global Affairs Canada reported Thursday that International Trade Minister Mary Ng will lead the 220-person delegation, representing 140 [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada’s new fentanyl czar, it turns out, isn’t a czar at all. The federal government named Kevin Brosseau to the position earlier this week but made it official in an order-in-council published today. In that order Brosseau’s official title is not “fentanyl czar” but the “Commissioner of Canada’s Fight Against Fentanyl.” It lists [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new independent senator to fill one of the Senate’s few remaining vacancies. The Prime Minister’s Office says in a news release that the Governor General has appointed Danièle Henkel as an independent senator to fill a Senate vacancy for Quebec. Henkel is a [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Flu cases are continuing to rise across the country, public health data show, with Quebec, B.C. and the territories particularly hard hit as vulnerable patients seek help at hospitals. The Public Health Agency of Canada’s website says 24 per cent of cases tested positive for influenza during the week ending Feb. 8 — [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Police say the deaths of two people in their 70s whose bodies were found Thursday in a Montreal suburb are being investigated as a murder-suicide. Longueuil, Que., police initially described the deaths as suspicious and said today the case involves a femicide. Officers were called to a home in Boucherville, Que., on Montreal’s [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Russia be allowed back into the G7 — an idea the Liberals haven’t commented on, despite the fact that Canada is chairing the group this year. Russia used to be part of what was known as the Group of [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of city council has given its support to providing funding to three local housing projects. The committee consists of all members of council. In council chambers Thursday afternoon, the SPC voted unanimously in favour of two resolutions calling for monies to be provided from the Affordable [...] Read More »

Two advocacy groups opposed to coal mining in the Eastern Slopes addressed media and about a dozen allies on Thursday afternoon at the Galt Museum to share their stance on the issue and how they are tackling it. The Piikani Mountain Valley Child Society and Water For Food groups are actively raising awareness of the [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge economy potentially faces a hard hit if 25 per cent tariffs on Canada planned by American president Donald Trump are implemented. Right now, Canadians are only facing those tariffs on aluminum and steel products but Economic Development Lethbridge chief executive officer Trevor Lewington says businesses need to be prepared for a [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The annual “Care From The Heart Day” fundraising took place Thursday with a goal of raising $400,000 for the Chinook Regional Hospital through the Chinook Regional Hospital Foundation. Crystal Elliot, CEO of the CRH Foundation spoke to reporters Thursday and said it was exciting to have a live radio-a-thon once again for the [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge & District Exhibition’s financial deficit was lower than anticipated at the end of its fiscal year. Acting CEO Kim Gallucci’s report to the Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council on Thursday showed the cumulative deficit of the LDE was $2,524,271. That deficit was down $751,042 from September [...] Read More »