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asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Senior Citizens Advisory Committee Foundation is looking to their future and hoping to secure fresh perspectives and new members at their upcoming AGM. SCACF is an organization that focuses on improving the lives of seniors through funding small projects, says chairperson Marco Jansen. Many of their projects include capital purchases and equipment aid [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com After the success of creating her first teepee, White Horse Rider Co owner Brenda Mercer is looking to task the community with making many more. In a kickoff event at the Medicine Hat Public Library on Wednesday evening, Mercer alongside fellow organizer Davie James spoke to gathered residents and dignitaries on the story of [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is abuzz with the opportunity to help emerging bumble bees with their upcoming craft project. “When queen bumble bees emerge in the spring, they will be looking for a safe place to call home for this season,” said park interpreter Genevieve Mathieu. This is why, as part of a citizen [...] Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com More than 300 individuals attended an Alberta Independence Tour event hosted by Rebel News at Medicine Hat College Friday night which rallied support in the upcoming referendum vote this October. Attendees of the event were met by more than 80 protestors, many holding signs and wearing red and white, who peacefully sang the national [...] Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Recently elected city councillors who are sitting members of the corporate services committee say they will stand up and advocate for the city when seeking future grant funding from the provincial and federal government. Coun. Chris Hellman, Coun. Brain Varga and Coun. Stuart Young asked city staff several questions seeking how the city council [...] Read More »

Some Iranian Canadians are expressing their support for foreign intervention in Iran after the U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on the Middle Eastern country, sending missiles into Iran overnight. Iranian Canadian filmmaker Ezra Soleh welcomed the attack, saying the people of Iran have had enough of “a regime that has been massacring people, [...] Read More »

MUMBAI — Canada is aiming to sign a comprehensive trade deal with India this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney told a business audience in Mumbai Saturday. “We are now negotiating a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, with the intention to double two-way trade by 2030. Our goal, to be clear, is to sign that agreement by [...] Read More »

MUMBAI — Prime Minister Mark Carney said he supports the U.S. action in Iran, but Canada will not get directly involved in the conflict after American and Israeli militaries launched an attack on the Middle Eastern country overnight. “We have not been party to the military build-up to this or the military planning of this, [...] Read More »

The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran in a major attack on Saturday, as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to decimate the country’s military, destroy its nuclear program and spur a change in government. Iran retaliated by firing ballistic missiles toward Israel and U.S. bases in the region, where the threat of a [...] Read More »

Some Iranian Canadians are expressing their support for foreign intervention in Iran after the U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on the Middle Eastern country, sending missiles into Iran overnight. Iranian Canadian filmmaker Ezra Soleh welcomed the attack, saying the people of Iran have had enough of the Islamic Republic’s recent killing of protesters. [...] 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 HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com A new temporary exhibit has opened at the Galt Museum and Archives that highlights different ways community members and organizations have taken action to create social change in southern Alberta. “Taking Action: People Making a Difference” is now on display until Oct. 5, 2025, and Camina Weasel Moccasin, indigenous curator at the Galt [...] 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 »