March 18th, 2025

News

Local News

  • Deal reached for more than 4,000 striking CUPE education workers

    newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com CUPE says three deals have been reached between local unions and school divisions in Edmonton and Fort McMurray that now still need to be ratified by CUPE members. More than 3,000 educational workers representing the local union, which works with Edmonton Public Schools along with more than 1,000 workers in Fort McMurray’s public and [...] Read More »

    18 hours ago
  • Public school division seeking responses for parent survey

    newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public School Division is asking parents with children attending one of its schools to complete a three-minute survey by March 28. Previous parent feedback was used by the division to table four universal goals used to help guide discussions within the division. “We are at a checkpoint and need your help [...] Read More »

    18 hours ago
  • Medicine Hat’s Catholic schools celebrate Jubilee year

    newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Catholic schools will engage in Jubilee-themed activities led by school faith leaders and administrators throughout 2025. The religiously significant year has been celebrated every 25 years by Catholics since 1300 and is used as a time of forgiveness, renewal and spiritual revival. This year is themed “Pilgrims of Hope.” During the Jubilee [...] Read More »

    18 hours ago
  • China to impose tariffs on Canadian canola, agricultural products Thursday

    newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com On Thursday, China’s State Council Tariff Commission is set to impose a 100 per cent tariff on Canadian canola oil and canola meal, along with several other Canadian agricultural commodities following an announcement from China’s Ministry of Commerce earlier this month. According to the ministry the tariffs are an outcome of results from its [...] Read More »

    18 hours ago
  • Piano star moves to the Hat, wins first Rose Bowl

    asmith@medicinehatnews.com The winner of the 2025 Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival Rose Bowl is taking home the trophy in what is just her first year in the festival. Nineteen-year-old Miriam Monet moved to Medicine Hat with her family only this past summer, and while she had participated in other music festivals back in her home [...] Read More »

    18 hours ago

National News

  • Axworthy ‘deeply dismayed’ as eastern European states propose leaving landmine treaty

    OTTAWA — Former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy wants Canada to mount a campaign with like-minded countries to stop eastern European allies from leaving a treaty he helped broker that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines. On Tuesday, defence ministers representing Poland and the three Baltic nations said they “unanimously recommend withdrawing from the Ottawa [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • Conservatives say there will be no media seats on Poilievre’s election campaign

    OTTAWA — The Conservative party is breaking from tradition and will not be allowing media onboard planes and buses for Pierre Poilievre’s election campaign. In an email Tuesday, national campaign director Jenni Byrne says costs for travel have “risen considerably,” as has the capacity for digital and remote access to public events. Byrne also says [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • B.C. geoduck exports facing possible devastation as Chinese tariffs loom

    VANCOUVER — British Columbia seafood producers are bracing for impact as China is slated to impose 25-per-cent tariffs on geoduck clams, a move that could devastate the multimillion-dollar export industry that is built almost exclusively on Chinese markets. Christina Burridge, executive director with the BC Seafood Alliance, says about 95 per cent of Canada’s geoduck [...] Read More »

    7 hours ago
  • Liberals lagging well behind other parties on nominating candidates as election looms

    OTTAWA — With a federal election call expected any day now, the Liberal party is trailing well behind its rivals on nominating candidates. The Conservatives have nominated 275 candidates out of 343 ridings, the NDP has 217 candidates and the Green Party has 208 — but the Liberal party has so far nominated just 185 [...] Read More »

    8 hours ago
  • Axworthy calls on Poland, Baltic states to abide by treaty banning landmines

    OTTAWA — Former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy says Canada should work to convince eastern European countries alarmed by Russian aggression to abide by a treaty banning the use of anti-personnel landmines. Poland and the three Baltic nations say they want to withdraw from the international treaty banning landmines due to the threat Moscow poses [...] Read More »

    9 hours ago

Southern Alberta News

  • Caregivers to get bump in new budget

    The Alberta government says it plans to ease the cost-of-living challenges that foster parents and kinship caregivers are facing. Searle Turton, Minister of Children and Family Services, announced a two-percent increase for caregiver compensation on Monday, as part of Budget 2025. The draft budget was tabled on Feb. 27, but it has yet to receive [...] Read More »

    18 hours ago
  • China to impose tariffs on Canadian canola, agricultural products

    On Thursday, China’s State Council Tariff Commission is set to impose a 100 per cent tariff on Canadian canola oil and canola meal, along with several other Canadian agricultural commodities following an announcement from China’s Ministry of Commerce earlier this month. According to the ministry the tariffs are an outcome of results from its anti-discrimination [...] Read More »

    18 hours ago
  • Blues hall-of-famer Michael Charles returns to Lethbridge and friends at The Slice

    An evening of soulful blues with Michael Charles is coming to Lethbridge late next month. The Chicago Blues Hall of Famer has a selection of his more than 40 releases, plus some hits from other familiar artists, ready for the March show. Charles is no stranger to Lethbridge either, performing at The Slice three times [...] Read More »

    18 hours ago
  • Kaitlyn’s ready to tackle new role with LSCO

    The new Executive Director of the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization (LSCO) is eager to hit the ground running. Kaitlynn Weaver took over the position from Rob Miyashiro on Mar. 10. Miyashiro stepped down from the LSCO at the end of last year after nearly 17 years of service. He’s now focusing on his full-time role [...] Read More »

    4 days ago
  • Soup Kitchen has overcome challenges over past year

    While the Soup Kitchen faced challenges in the last year, it continues to focus how they have been blessed to be able to continue to serve the vulnerable population in Lethbridge. For the last 40 years, the Soup Kitchen has served three hot meals Monday through Saturday and two meals each Sunday. At their annual [...] Read More »

    4 days ago