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mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Medicine Hat Public Library hosted its final overdose crisis information session last week, and chief librarian Ken Feser says they were successful in many ways. For the first three Mondays of March the library hosted a number of speakers and invited Hatters to its theatre to learn about the overdose crisis and the community’s [...] Read More »

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Retiring public services commissioner Karen Charlton is being lauded for her work in the city’s largest, most diverse division, with colleagues and council members saying she brought her personal touch to its management. Charlton’s last day after a 41-career at city hall is Friday. “I grew up professionally in the organization, this has been [...] Read More »

Farm leaders in Alberta are asking all political parties to either retain, or improve and enhance the current farm safety regulations in Alberta. “With Bill 6 the UCP has said they are going to cancel that,” says Lynn Jacobson, president of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture. “We had a lot of input into the final [...] Read More »

jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel With the rolling out of the province’s draft K-4 curriculum last year, the document has become an issue in the upcoming election. The new curriculum for K-12 has been in the works since 2008 and is being implemented in three phases – K-4 in December 2018, 5-9 in December 2019 and 10-12 between December [...] Read More »

jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Medicine Hat College is offering an aviation program starting in the 2019-2020 school year. The program, which is a partnership with Super T Aviation Academy, will allow students to get an Aviation Management Certificate. Dennis Beaudoin, MHC’s dean of trades and technologies, says the school was approached by Super T about the prospect of [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – Canadian peacekeepers were called upon to evacuate several wounded French soldiers in Mali earlier this month after their counter-terrorism patrol was ambushed by militants. The previously unreported evacuation marked the first time the Canadians have been asked to help non-UN forces in the sprawling West African nation, where the French have been conducting [...] Read More »

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, March 26 – – – CANADIANS EVACUATED COUNTER-TERROR TROOPS IN MALI Canadian peacekeepers were called upon to evacuate several wounded French soldiers in Mali earlier this month after their counter-terrorism patrol was ambushed by militants. The previously unreported evacuation marked the first time the Canadians have been asked [...] Read More »

WINNIPEG – Justin Trudeau will be focusing on the training benefits in the recently released budget as he meets with labour leaders in Winnipeg today. The prime minister arrived in the city Monday evening and gave a speech at Liberal donor event about how this fall’s election is a choice about the kind of country [...] Read More »

WEYBURN, Sask. – A Saskatchewan city council that faced a backlash after voting against construction of a group home for disabled adults in an upscale neighbourhood has reversed its decision. Councillors in Weyburn voted unanimously Monday night in favour of a discretionary use application for the facility in The Creeks neighbourhood, allowing the Saskatchewan Housing [...] Read More »

A woman who escaped violence and human trafficking, and helped shelter former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong, has arrived in Canada with her daughter after being granted refugee status. Vanessa Rodel and her seven-year-old daughter Keana arrived in Toronto on Monday before travelling to Montreal, where they will settle in [...] Read More »

CALGARY – The basement-dwellers of the NHL’s Western Conference tripped up the top team Monday when the Los Angeles Kings blanked the Calgary Flames 3-0. Kings backup goaltender Jack Campbell earned his second career shutout and his first win since Feb. 5 stopping 42 shots. Jonny Brodzinski and defenceman Derek Forbort scored with Tyler Toffoli [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta’s police watchdog says an officer who punched a man in the head and broke his jaw will not be charged with a criminal offence. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says the 65-year-old man appeared to be drunk and was interfering with paramedics treating a patient at an Edmonton hotel last March. [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – An Alberta judge has ruled that a war crimes sentence for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has expired. More coming[...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Quinn Benjafield scored the go-ahead go with less than three minutes left in the third period, and the Edmonton Oil Kings held on to defeat the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-3 on Sunday to even their first-round Western Hockey League playoff series at a game apiece. Carter Souch also scored in the third period [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Mads Sogaard turned aside 49 shots as the Medicine Hat Tigers edged the Edmonton Oil Kings 2-1 on Saturday in Game 1 of their Western Hockey League first-round matchup. James Hamblin and Hayden Ostir supplied the offence for the Tigers Josh Williams broke up Sogaard’s shutout bid when he scored at 17:58 of [...] Read More »

Barbara Hughson and Dave Clarke grew up near Milk River in Masinasin and near Red Deer in Castor respectively, but they met as young school teachers in Carstairs in 1964. They got engaged and were married at Southminster United Church in Lethbridge on Aug. 21, 1965. Barb and Dave didn’t consider it important to have [...] Read More »

Lethbridge Herald Two people are facing a number of charges in relation into an ongoing Lethbridge police operation targeting drug trafficking activity in the downtown core. Last Thursday, members of the Downtown Policing Unit and Priority Crimes Unit observed multiple drug transactions between the 900 and 1100 blocks of 1 Avenue South – and the [...] Read More »

Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The facilitators charged with leading community consultation sessions for the City’s Community Led Drug Strategy tabled their final report and recommendations for city council’s consideration at Monday’s Community Issues Committee meeting. Robin Parsons Consulting and Facilitation made four key recommendations to improve the city’s response to the drug crisis, including [...] Read More »

Delon Shurtz lethbridge herald dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com The Raymond High School teacher and basketball coach accused of having inappropriate interactions with a female student didn’t realize the student had a teenage crush on him, he testified Monday in Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench. Jentry Jack Salmon told court he became alarmed when he learned the student may [...] Read More »

Garrett Simmons Lethbridge School District 51 Communications Officer Lethbridge Collegiate Institute Arts Academy Dance Program students are set to wow audiences this week. The academy’s 2019 production “New York State of Mind” brings to the stage the cool vibe and style of the City of Lights. “We have an incredible, high-energy show,” said Geordan Olson, [...] Read More »

COPENHAGEN – The Norwegian pilot on the cruise ship carrying more that was caught in a hefty storm off the coast of mid-Norway last weekend, says the situation became problematic when engine problems appeared. Inge Lockert told the Vesteraalen newspaper Tuesday that “everything went as it should until we got engine problems.” Lockert could not [...] Read More »

LOS ANGELES – Attorney Mark Geragos has had a long career representing high-profile clients including Michael Jackson, Colin Kaepernick and Jussie Smollett. Now Geragos might need a defence attorney himself after being named in a case accusing lawyer Michael Avenatti of trying to extort Nike. Geragos is not charged with a crime but two people [...] Read More »

JERUSALEM – Israeli aircraft bombed targets across the Gaza Strip and Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel early Tuesday, the second day of cross-border fighting that erupted in the last stretch of a closely contested race for Israeli prime minister between the long-serving incumbent and an ex-army chief. The latest violence was triggered by a [...] Read More »

WAILUKU, Hawaii – A Hawaii judge suggested a man not drink his favourite soda during four years of probation on a car theft conviction. Judge Rhonda Loo suggested in a Maui court last week that 21-year-old Christopher Montilliano Jr. refrain from drinking Pepsi while on probation because he lied to police during his arrest, The [...] Read More »

NEW YORK – Key facts in the federal case against celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti: WHO IS MICHAEL AVENATTI? Avenatti, 48, became a household name last year through his representation of Stormy Daniels, the porn actress who claims she had an affair with President Donald Trump years before he took office. Avenatti filed a lawsuit in [...] Read More »