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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Premier Danielle Smith will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming Ag Connections Conference in November. The annual Ag Connections Conference is the province’s largest professional development conference for primary producers. This year’s conference is focused on the importance of adaptability and innovation, keeping with the conference’s theme “Cultivating Resiliency: Thriving in a Changing [...] Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The care for un-homed animals by licensed providers, assistance of veterinary technicians and volunteers will now be run by the city and not a third-party animal welfare group. On Monday the city announced it will operate the facility permanently after staffers were not satisfied with two requests to operate the animal pound service from [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is hosting a free public program inviting residents to explore the ponds of Medicine Hat. Ponds are an essential and underappreciated part of the local watershed. “Exploring Our Ponds” will be held at Connaught Pond on Sept. 20. Participants will discover the flora and fauna that call ponds home, [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com A love for what’s local drove council candidate Randall Noble to put his name in for the coming election, and he hopes into his first term, as well. Noble had been considering running in the previous election but wanted to wait until he felt he was in a place to be able to give [...] Read More »

zmason@medicinehatnews.com I am thrilled to be joining the team at the Medicine Hat News. Born and raised in Brampton, Ont., I discovered my passion for journalism after moving to Ottawa in 2018 to study political science and history at the University of Ottawa. There, I joined my campus publication, The Fulcrum, where I served first [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada is providing $2.6 million in humanitarian aid for people in Pakistan displaced by flooding, and for Afghan refugees. Pakistan has been grappling since June with floods and heavy monsoon rains that have affected roughly four million people and killed more than 900. Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development, says Canada [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A First Nation in British Columbia says it was underpaid by millions of dollars in a 2002 settlement with the federal government over land that was given to a different band then sold to a railway more than a century ago. The Lax Kw’alaams Band says in a Federal Court lawsuit that its [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is condemning Israel’s military strike on Qatar, saying it undermines the country’s sovereignty and risks escalating conflict in the region. Israel says it targeted senior Hamas leaders in the capital Doha it holds responsible for the group’s October 2023 attack, while the militant group says its main negotiator survived [...] Read More »

CALGARY — The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a derailment in British Columbia involving a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train. It’s the second time this month a CPKC train has been involved in a derailment in B.C. The Transportation Safety Board says a team of investigators is being deployed after the train derailed on Tuesday [...] Read More »

An aviation expert and former pilot says it will be a challenge to repair the WestJet plane that landed roughly in St. Maarten on the weekend and shut down the Caribbean island’s airport for a day. Keith Mackey says the next step is to move the plane to a safe facility and assess whether or [...] 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 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 »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com The Alberta NDP and Friends of Medicare advocacy organization have raised alarms about the provincial government’s proposed legislation that will allow people suffering from addictions and mental illness who are deemed a threat to themselves or others to be treated against their will. On Tuesday, the government introduced Bill 53, the Compassionate Intervention [...] Read More »