Even if you are not yet a registered voter you can still vote Monday in the federal election. Those who are eligible to vote can register at their polling station on Monday. You can find your polling station by going to the Elections Canada website and entering your postal code, or call 1-800-463-6868. Unregistered voters [...] Read More »

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant There are a few white-knuckle moments in the week ahead, and specifically for city accountants. The provincial budget and the federal election will potentially have big implications for the city’s capital construction program. The 2019-2022 local plan – passed just 10 months ago – calls for grants from “other levels of government” to do [...] Read More »

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Dinner table discussions about Monday’s federal election could lead to gut-check moments for both voters and candidates next week. With polls tightening, pundits are discussing potential minority government scenarios, as well as the potential for strategic voting. In staunchly Conservative southeast Alberta, that likely means a minority of progressive voters deciding, but Conservative voters [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce held its annual Business Awards ceremony Friday evening at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede. There were a total of 97 nominations in 14 categories – roughly 500 people took in the ceremony. The Award of Excellence is the big prize every year, with the Medicine Hat Brewing Company [...] Read More »

gslade@medicinehatnews.com@MHNGillianSlade People at city hall for a service dog awareness session Friday were told that for an animal to have the associated privileges it must have government-issued identification. Miranda Turenne, trainer and assessment co-ordinator for PADS, told an audience of about 100 people that service dogs are highly trained to mitigate a variety of disabilities [...] Read More »

CALGARY – Alberta’s police watchdog has released more information about an incident in which an officer shot a car that police say drove around barriers and towards a military parade in Calgary on Saturday. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says several downtown roadways were barricaded for the parade, but a 21-year-old man driving a [...] Read More »

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg continued her tour of Alberta’s oilsands region on Saturday, an Indigenous group says, conducting interviews that the group says will be part of an upcoming BBC documentary. The Mikisew Cree First Nation says in a news release that Thunberg spent the day on the shores of [...] Read More »

OTTAWA – The contenders in Monday’s federal election spent the last day of the campaign calling for voters to unite behind their parties amid accusations of dirty politicking and outright lying. From when Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau fired the starting gun on the campaign on Sept. 11, voters have heard a mix of policy promises [...] Read More »

MONTREAL – Sydney, Australia has beaten out Montreal in the quest to host WorldPride in 2023. The Australian city captured 60 per cent of the vote, while Montreal received 36 per cent and Austin, TX got three. Montreal’s bid to host the international LGBTQ celebration was spearheaded by the organizers of the city’s annual pride [...] Read More »

MONTREAL – More than 300 passengers resumed their journey to Montreal Sunday after their Air Transat flight from Italy had to make an emergency landing in France. The airline says flight TS571 took off from Venice Saturday but had to make an emergency stop at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport due to a technical problem with [...] Read More »

CALGARY – Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin won a pair of gold medals on Sunday to bring her tally to five over four days at the Canadian long-track speedskating championships. Blondin captured the women’s 1,500-metre crown as well as the mass start on the final day of the competition. Blondin finished the 1,500 in one minute 55.56 [...] Read More »

LAC LA BICHE, Alta. – Police say a five-year-old boy has died after he was hit by a truck that his father was driving in Lac La Biche, Alta. RCMP say the incident happened on Saturday afternoon, when the father and son had been unloading a truck at the Plamondon Landfill. They say that after [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta’s education minister says a grant program to cut class sizes in schools has spent $3.4 billion over the last 15 years while failing to deliver results. Adriana LaGrange says a report on the Class Size Initiative has barely “moved the needle” and they have to look at more effective ways of spending [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta has introduced legislation to follow through on its promise to end the plan to move the provincial power market to a capacity system. Energy Minister Sonya Savage says stakeholders don’t want a complex capacity system – they want to stay with the existing energy-only system. The former NDP government introduced the capacity [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – The Alberta government says it will allow licensed practical nurses to do more work next year. It says professional regulations are being updated so the province’s 16,000 LPNs can administer blood and dispense certain drugs. They’ll also be able to provide ultrasounds for bedside assessments, intravenous nutrition and medication by invasive procedures, such [...] Read More »

Lethbridge Herald While Canada’s movie houses show mainly American fare, there’s a wealth of films being produced around the world. Many can be borrowed from the Lethbridge Public Library. And a handful are selected for the library’s free Foreign Film Festival. “This year features world-class cinema at its best,” says festival organizer Sheila Braund. “The [...] Read More »

Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com The YMCA Strong Kids campaign makes lives better for those in the community who need a leg up to ensure their children have the same opportunities as everyone else, says YMCA of Lethbridge director of funds development and volunteerism, Pamela Haapa-aho. “I think we as a community in Lethbridge need [...] Read More »

Vicki Hazelwood LETHBRIDGE EARLY YEARS COALITION Canada’s federal election is almost here. The political parties have been rolling out their platforms. Governments have the potential to help or hurt our children. We want to make sure they help. What can you do? – Ask the candidates and representatives you encounter how their parties will support [...] Read More »

Lethbridge is back in the national spotlight today, as the University of Lethbridge once again honours a distinguished Canadian. The Right Honourable Paul Martin, 21st prime minister of our nation, is being presented an honourary Doctor of Laws degree during this morning’s Fall Convocation ceremony. Nearly 275 students who have completed degree requirements since the [...] Read More »

Lethbridge Lethbridge Police have charged two men in connection with a robbery Wednesday at the Superlodge Hotel in the 2200 block of 7 Avenue South – and subsequent search warrant in the 4000 block of 43rd Street South. Corey Nelson Amyotte, 32 of Lethbridge is charged with one count of robbery, one count of unlawful [...] Read More »

NASHVILLE – Bestselling country duo of all time Brooks & Dunn, comedian and singer Ray Stevens and record executive Jerry Bradley joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in a star-filled ceremony on Sunday evening that was full of tributes to their hit songs and their lasting legacies in country music. Reba McEntire, Luke Bryan, [...] Read More »

DURHAM, N.C. – Operations were temporarily halted at a busy North Carolina airport Sunday night after it lost radar contact with an approaching small plane, launching a search by fire and rescue units around a nearby state park. A statement posted on the Raleigh-Durham International Airport website said air traffic controllers notified the airport that [...] Read More »

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Raleigh-Durham International Airport says a small plane approaching that airport was lost on radar and the airport was briefly closed while fire and rescue units responded. The airport says in a brief statement on its website that FAA air traffic control notified the airport that the plane was lost on radar [...] Read More »

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – At least 12 white supremacists have been arrested on allegations of plotting, threatening or carrying out anti-Semitic attacks in the U.S. since the massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue nearly one year ago, a Jewish civil rights group reported Sunday. The Anti-Defamation League also counted at least 50 incidents in which white [...] Read More »

KABUL – Mark Esper sought a firsthand assessment Sunday of the U.S. military’s future role in America’s longest war as he made his initial visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief. Stalled peace talks with the Taliban and unrelenting attacks by the insurgent group and Islamic State militants have complicated the Trump administration’s pledge to withdraw [...] Read More »