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asmith@medicinehatnews.com Crescent Heights High School is shaking up the theatre scene with its second musical of the year, packed full of music by the King of Rock and Roll. Like the previous musical, Beetlejuice Jr., All Shook Up features a double cast, allowing for various different dynamics and casting combinations throughout the full run of [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The year ended on a positive note for labour trends in southern Alberta, according to the last Statistics Canada labour market update of 2025. The unemployment rate in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat area, which covers most of the province south of Calgary, experienced a month-over-month improvement of 1.1 per cent. Employment in the region was [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com City staff will soon launch an online survey to collect data from residents on the Medicine Hat Regional Airport, as well as share ideas about upcoming infrastructure projects. During a city committee meeting Thursday city staff said they launched a strategic plan and impact study update on the airport and will host city councillors [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Beef Producers, an advocacy group for provincial ranchers, is asking the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to halt upcoming traceability regulations for further consultation. The ABP says it supports a “strong and reliable” traceability system, used to detect animal health risks including bovine spongiform encephalopathy, known as ‘mad cow disease,’ and foot-and-mouth diseases. [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The city’s green cart organic waste collection program will resume April 6, city committee members were told during a public meeting Thursday. City crews will begin collecting both grey garbage carts and green carts on the same day in each collection zone, which can be found daily in the News on Page A3. Blue [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s lobster sector is feeling the pinch from Chinese tariffs this year, but officials say exporters are starting to crack other international markets. The Lobster Council of Canada says new data shows exports outside the U.S. and China, the sector’s two biggest markets, increased about 43 per cent in October. That’s helping [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Air Force wants to hire more than a thousand new security personnel over the next five years at bases across the country — just as it brings its new F-35 stealth fighter jets into service. Internal documents from spring 2025, obtained by The Canadian Press through the Access-to-Information law, show [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Montreal’s Olympic Stadium started 2026 the same way it began the 1976 Games: under construction and without a roof. In 2024, Quebec’s tourism minister announced the province would spend $870 million to replace the stadium’s roof, which was torn in more than 20,000 places and threatened to force the venue’s closure. The Quebec [...] Read More »

TORONTO — Before Brenda Rogers started taking Ozempic in the spring of 2023, she didn’t realize how much “food noise” was sapping her mental energy. “You’re just constantly thinking about food and not having enough, having too much, ‘what am I gonna eat? Oh, don’t add in the carbs because carbs aren’t good, that’s gonna [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision on whether to throw out the case against a man convicted of first-degree murder in a killing police have linked to organized crime. Brandon Teixeira’s lawyers have filed a so-called Jordan application seeking a stay of the charges on the basis that delays [...] 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 »