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bmiller@medicinehatnews.com This Friday and Saturday, Tigers fans will once again be able to take advantage of a round-trip express transit service to Co-op Place from the Medicine Hat Mall bus stop. The service is designed to provide fans an easy way to get to Co-op Place through the Tigers 2026 playoff run and will cost [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A 50-year-old man, whose name has not been released, is facing several charges after he was allegedly involved in an assault and then tried to flee from police. On Sunday members of the Medicine Hat Police Service Patrol Section responded to a report of an assault in the Riverside area and upon arrival learned [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Town of Redcliff will soon welcome one of 21 new police officers who recently graduated from the Alberta RCMP Cadet Training Program in Regina. These new officers are part of the positive shift in recruitment and retention efforts for the Alberta RCMP, which has received more than 5,700 applications since 2024. The new [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com As the weather warms and plants begin to sprout up along the Gas City’s ponds and paths, so do local naturalists passionate about keeping these spaces clean. This past Sunday saw the launch of the sixth year of the Adopt a Pond or Path initiative, as run by a new committee of Grasslands Naturalists [...] Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Over the next five years the Medicine Hat Public Library plans to expand services and enhance programming, including more intergenerational events and partnerships to offer collaborative opportunities. Library officials on Monday provided members of the public services committee a five-year strategic plan. The plan was created with feedback from hundreds of residents who shared [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say an inmate at Donnacona Institution has died following an attack at the federal prison near Quebec City. Police say two inmates in their 20s were attacked by fellow inmates on Tuesday and one of them died of his injuries. The attack occurred around 7:30 p.m. and the two men [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working in “full co-operation” with officials in the United States to probe the crash of an Air Canada jet at New York’s LaGuardia Airport that killed two pilots Sunday night. Speaking to reporters this morning, Carney said the “first job” of the federal government is to [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the Air Canada CEO’s English-only message of condolence after Sunday’s deadly crash in New York lacked compassion. Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau is being summoned to testify at the House of Commons official languages committee after he shared a four-minute condolence video online that only included two French [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — An aviation expert says Canada is losing more air traffic controllers to retirement than it is hiring, despite efforts to ramp up recruitment. John Gradek, a faculty lecturer with McGill University’s aviation management program, said Canada is short about 1,500 air traffic controllers, and 150 more retire each year. “So guess what? You’re [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Tributes for Quebec pilot killed in N.Y. crash The death of Air Canada Jazz pilot Antoine Forest, who perished when his plane collided with an emergency vehicle at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday, has sparked an [...] 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 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 »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta NDP and Friends of Medicare advocacy organization have raised alarms about the provincial government’s proposed legislation that will allow people suffering from addictions and mental illness who are deemed a threat to themselves or others to be treated against their will. On Tuesday, the government introduced Bill 53, the Compassionate Intervention [...] Read More »