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Brooks RCMP conduct sting operation against local thieves
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Brooks RCMP General Investigation Section collaborated with frontline general duty members to initiate a proactive enforcement project to target property crime in Brooks and the County of Newell due to a recent spike in break and enters and thefts reported. Last week, Mounties laid charges in two separate incidents involving property crime. On the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nichole Neubauer will enter Alberta’s Order of Excellence today
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 16th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat’s Nichole Neubauer is heading to Edmonton today to take her place in Alberta’s Order of Excellence. The Lieutenant Governor as the King’s representative invests members into the Order in recognition for significant contributions to the province’s history and place on the grander stage. It is, according to Alberta’s government, the highest honour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charges laid on pair from drug lab bust
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Charges have been laid against two people after officers joined members of ALERT’s organized crime unit and the RCMP’s Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Response Team raided a home on 12th Street NW on Thursday, discovering evidence of a fentanyl lab on Oct. 9. A substantial amount of drugs and equipment were seized during the raid, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parent payment portal for financial supports during teacher strike opens
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Parents of children aged 12 and under affected by the teacher strike can now access provincial payments through an online portal. The portal has been made available on the provincial webpage starting earlier this week. Parents are eligible to receive $30 per day per student for the duration of the disruption. Families of children ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Citizen initiative looking for canvassers; will start collecting signatures later this week
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The citizen initiative petition aiming to change provincial policy regarding the allocation of public funds to private schools will begin collecting signatures this week. More than 200 volunteers have already applied to be canvassers for the initiative. The first round of applications is now being processed, and the petition’s proponent Alicia Taylor says they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Voting opens for Field Law Community Fund; 100-plus projects competing for southern Alberta prize
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The voting period opens this week for the 2025 Field Law Community Fund Program. The annual contest provides funding to community-led projects across Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Residents of Alberta and N.W.T. are eligible to cast a vote for their favourite initiative. This year’s winning grassroots projects will share a total prize fund ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man Van returns to Medicine Hat this weekend for free prostate cancer screening
By Medicine Hat News on October 16th, 2025
Helping to promote prostate cancer awareness, the Man Van will be in Medicine Hat this Saturday. From 11a.m. to 2 p.m., the van will be parked outside the London Drugs. Men aged 40-70 will be able to take a PSA, or Prostate Specific Antigen blood test, which will help them monitor their risk of prostate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shovels break ground at Prairie Rose’s new school of agriculture
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on October 16th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Prairie Rose Public Schools broke ground this week on its upcoming Yuill School of Agriculture, the newest pathway available to students for a unique high school experience. The school is the product of various partnerships, including Neubauer Farms, the Yuill Family Foundation and Government of Alberta, which has provided $725,000 in collegiate funding. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s Old News: Covering the polls since the very beginning
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The winner is… The News is reprinting coverage of local issues and events from over the years leading up to the commemoration of our 140th publishing year at the end of the month. And there is no more focusing event for local issues than the races to sit on city council. Medicine Hat voters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officers praised for demeanour arresting armed man; Chief Murphy re-signs until 2031
By BRENDAN MILLER on October 16th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat police officers were praised during a police commission meeting Tuesday for their professionalism and use of a single “less lethal” projectile round to subdue a suspect armed with a knife and an axe who refused to comply with responding officers. During the afternoon of Sept. 16 police received a report of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Benefits of honey on display at students’ innovation tourney
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on October 16th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com On Wednesday the News told the story of a Master Beekeeper who has worked with honeybees for more than 30 years, reimagining the design of hives in an effort to increase yields by improving the conditions for bees. Sheldon Hill collaborated with students at the Medicine Hat College Centre for Innovation to expand his ... Read More »
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