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asmith@medicinehatnews.com Cypress County welcomed its new permanent chief administrator on Friday, as they announce Al Hoggan is taking over the role. Following CAO Tarolyn Aaserud’s departure in August, Mike Koziol was hired to be the interim CAO while council searched for a permanent replacement. This is the only role at the municipality chosen by council, [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Nighttime snow removal will begin in various parts of the city, as Medicine Hat settles into the reality of winter in Alberta. Starting Monday, removal will begin in areas around the hospital, downtown, Kingsway Avenue, 13th Avenue SE and Division Avenue. The city does add however, that all schedules are weather dependent. A snow [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant Mahoney and Friends, though not technically a Christmas concert, has become an annual staple on the Medicine Hat entertainment scene in December. The event turns 10 next weekend when the local act and all-star guest lineup of local talent takes the stage at the Esplanade. The band itself is also celebrating a silver anniversary [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant A final proposed city budget includes 5.6 per cent property tax increases in each of the next two years, as budget officials say extra revenue is needed and cuts to an original proposal only make up for a financial picture that has worsened since last winter. That includes vastly reduced forecasts for power profits [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews Power prices will rise in Alberta to start December based on “rate of last resort” filings by major distributors, though Medicine Hat’s rates are next set for quarterly adjustment on Jan. 1. The city bases rates for all residential and small to medium commercial accounts on a rolling wholesale average price recorded on the [...] Read More »

MONTREAL – Electric bus manufacturer Lion Electric is temporarily laying off 400 employees and shutting down production at its Illinois plant after getting a two-week reprieve from its lenders. The St-Jérôme, Que.-based company said in a statement Sunday that it has secured an extension to Dec. 16 for a loan and a credit agreement with [...] Read More »

Canada Post says it has presented the union representing some 55,000 striking postal workers with a framework to reach negotiated agreements. A statement issued Sunday says the framework includes proposals to bring greater flexibility to the Canada Post delivery model and shows “movement on other key issues” in the labour dispute that’s stretching into the [...] Read More »

Canada was disappointed negotiators failed to reach a deal on a global treaty to end plastics pollution, Environment Minster Steven Guilbeault said, though he remained hopeful an agreement could still be struck with talks set to resume next year. Talks by the negotiating committee in South Korea, scheduled to end Sunday, were supposed to be [...] Read More »

Canada’s environment minister says he’s disappointed that international negotiations over a treaty to end plastic pollution have ended without an agreement. Yet Minister Steven Guilbeault says he’s still hopeful a deal can be struck as negotiators make plans to meet again next year. The talks held in South Korea this week were supposed to be [...] Read More »

MONTREAL – A new Crown corporation officially has officially taken the reins of Quebec’s health-care system as part of the provincial government’s effort to reduce emergency room wait times and surgery wait lists. The agency, called Santé Québec, will manage all health-care facilities in the province and will become the sole employer of 330,000 health-care [...] Read More »

FAUST, Alta. – Two people are dead and at least six others were injured after police say a semi truck crossed the centre line of a highway and collided with a group of motorcycles in northern Alberta. RCMP say members from the detachment in Faust, Alta., responded to a report of the crash on Highway [...] Read More »

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – Police say a fire that followed a break-in at a hangar in northwestern Alberta is estimated to have caused millions of dollars worth of damage, and a man who they allege was trying to flee the scene has been charged with arson. RCMP say the blaze northwest of Grande Prairie on [...] Read More »

WETASKIWIN, Alta. – A 15-year-old boy is dead after RCMP officers shot him during a confrontation south of Edmonton. Wetaskiwin RCMP say they received a report at about 12:30 a.m. from the boy, a resident of Samson Cree Nation, who had called 911 and said people were following him and trying to kill him. About [...] Read More »

CALGARY – Calgarians who are watering their lawns can expect to get tickets in the coming days. The city is reporting another day of higher-than-allowed water use since rationing rules came into effect Monday. Outdoor watering is banned and residents are being urged to cut their use indoors until a major water main is fixed. [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta’s first-quarter fiscal update shows the government expects a surplus of $2.9 billion but won’t have surplus cash in the short term and will need to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars. Finance Minister Nate Horner said it’s an accounting surplus, meaning the money is tied up, so in the meantime the province [...] Read More »

Associate professor of Public Health at the University of Lethbridge Richard Larouche led this week’s Southern Alberta Council of Public Affairs session where he discussed the importance of physical activity for children. The discussion was held in the dining room of the Lethbridge Senior Citizen Organization on Thursday. All over the world, lack of physical [...] Read More »

The Shoebox Project for Women is a program focused on giving back and helping a community of less fortunate women feel seen, valued and treated with dignity and compassion. Local coordinator Helen Thompson, who moved to Lethbridge back in the winter of 2020, is reaching out to invite community members to fill a shoebox. The [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com As the byelection for Lethbridge West MLA quickly approaches, NDP candidate Rob Miyashiro talked to media about his campaign in the company of Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi on Friday.  “Campaign is going great. Our signs are up all over the Lethbridge-West constituency. There is a sea of orange and we’re excited about [...] Read More »

The fourth annual Ka Mo Taan Festive Lights is set to have a grand opening event at the Red Crow Park in Standoff on Monday evening at 5:30 p.m. This annual Christmas light display will offer a drive-through light display, along with the option for community members to walk through the display and enjoy the [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com With light snow falling and frigid temperatures, the Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan rolled into Lethbridge on Thursday night with a special appearance by Santa Claus outside the Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre where it was part of the Glow Festival. The caravan’s appearance was the first of four in southern Alberta over coming days. [...] Read More »

BEIJING (AP) – A bus crashed into a group of students in eastern China on Tuesday, killing or injuring at least 10, state media reported. The students were waiting at the gate of a middle school in Tai’an city in Shandong province shortly after 7 a.m., Xinhua news agency said. The bus was specially customized [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of a disputed election. The warrant was issued at the request of authorities who accuse González, a former diplomat, of various crimes including conspiracy, falsifying [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González, just over a month after election officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of a disputed election that his opponents say he lost. The prosecutor seeking the warrant in its request to a judge focused [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González, just over a month after election officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of a disputed election that his opponents say he lost. The prosecutor seeking the warrant in its request to a judge focused [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest warrant for opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González, just over a month after election officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the disputed election that his opponents say he lost. The prosecutor seeking the warrant in its request cites various charges against González, a [...] Read More »