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asmith@medicinehatnews.com The City of Medicine Hat is always brimming with music and art, and 2024 showcased the city’s hunger for these forms of expression in a way that’s true to form. The Esplanade saw various installations throughout the year, such as the “Here I Am – Can You See Me?” which hosted the eye-opening portrait [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews The Order of the Eastern Star has announced its year-end grants to local organizations in the Medicine Hat Area. The Murray Chapter, No. 58, of the women’s social service club, made the presentations on Dec. 5. The Mustard Seed and Margery E. Yuill Cancer Centre were each awarded $2,000 from the group’s fundraising proceeds [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Alberta Health Services wishes to extend its heartfelt gratitude to everyone who participated in this year’s Toys for Tickets Campaign for their part in making the Holiday Season a little more special for children who needed it. The campaign, which allows for anyone who received an AHS parking ticket at participating AHS parking facilities [...] Read More »

The Medicine Hat Police Service made a trio of arrests over the weekend. Police say they responded to a residence on Anson Avenue SW to assist the owner of a short-term rental with the removal of an overdue renter. Upon arrival, officers located and arrested three individuals inside the residence – Chase Hehr, Brooklyn Carriere [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant Business leaders and consumers both hunkered down in 2024 to weather the gridlock of high prices and the high interest rates used to combat them. Both inflation and borrowing costs now appear to be easing, but the map ahead is still murky due to the potential seismic shifts in the North American political and [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… What Canada can learn from Trump’s campaign Donald Trump smiled wide in front of cheering supporters after millions of Americans went to the polls, choosing the divisive Republican leader as the next president of the United States in [...] Read More »

JASPER, ALTA. – This year, Kim Stark’s kids took responsibility for decorating the family Christmas tree. Ornaments include toy cars, puzzle pieces, string and a pair of binoculars – things her three young daughters had handy after the family lost their home in summer’s devastating Jasper wildfire. “I have the most wonderful tree on the [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump smiled wide in front of cheering supporters after millions of Americans went to the polls, choosing the divisive Republican leader as the next president of the United States in an astonishing comeback that signalled an American turn to isolationism, protectionism and tariffs. “We overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible and it [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER – Environment Canada has lifted all heavy rainfall and strong wind warnings for B.C. on Boxing Day after residents went through a wet and windy Christmas. The warnings came after a low-pressure system had brought wind gusts that were travelling up to 140 kilometres per hour in some coastal areas. The strongest wind gust [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER – Mounties say officers are investigating a crash that occurred on Boxing Day in Mission, B.C. after a female had been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. Mission RCMP says in a statement sent out on Thursday afternoon that the collision took place before noon, which has shut down Lougheed Highway between Nelson Street [...] Read More »

FAUST, Alta. – Two people are dead and at least six others were injured after police say a semi truck crossed the centre line of a highway and collided with a group of motorcycles in northern Alberta. RCMP say members from the detachment in Faust, Alta., responded to a report of the crash on Highway [...] Read More »

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – Police say a fire that followed a break-in at a hangar in northwestern Alberta is estimated to have caused millions of dollars worth of damage, and a man who they allege was trying to flee the scene has been charged with arson. RCMP say the blaze northwest of Grande Prairie on [...] Read More »

WETASKIWIN, Alta. – A 15-year-old boy is dead after RCMP officers shot him during a confrontation south of Edmonton. Wetaskiwin RCMP say they received a report at about 12:30 a.m. from the boy, a resident of Samson Cree Nation, who had called 911 and said people were following him and trying to kill him. About [...] Read More »

CALGARY – Calgarians who are watering their lawns can expect to get tickets in the coming days. The city is reporting another day of higher-than-allowed water use since rationing rules came into effect Monday. Outdoor watering is banned and residents are being urged to cut their use indoors until a major water main is fixed. [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta’s first-quarter fiscal update shows the government expects a surplus of $2.9 billion but won’t have surplus cash in the short term and will need to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars. Finance Minister Nate Horner said it’s an accounting surplus, meaning the money is tied up, so in the meantime the province [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com With Christmas just a day away, the City of Lethbridge is reminding residents to properly dispose of their holiday waste by making sure items are thrown away in the proper bins. Meghan Grills with the City of Lethbridge’s Waste and Environment department says many folks get confused around this time of the year [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Police Service welcomed 13 new officers Friday during the Lethbridge police cadet graduation at Lethbridge Polytechnic. Blood Tribe Police also welcomed three new officers and the Canadian National Railway Police Service welcomed two new officers. “We are so proud of this program and these cadets that graduated today,” says Trudi Mason, [...] Read More »

The provincial government plans to shift the way it deals with homelessness issues going forward, and a city woman will be helping to lead the way.  Robin James, chief administrator for the Lethbridge Housing Authority, has been named co-chair of a newly formed advisory panel, along with Justin Wright, UCP MLA for Cypress-Medicine Hat. The [...] Read More »

The Lethbridge Senior Citizens organization will celebrate its 40th annual Christmas dinner for those in need or who will be alone on Dec. 25. While the turkey dinner is courtesy of the LSCO, the holiday decorations that go along with it came from volunteers from Chamberlain School and Arden T. Litt Centre for Learning in [...] Read More »

It’s the season of giving, and that is exactly what the Italian Canadian Cultural Centre is doing with donations of up to $10,000 every year, allocated to various non-profit organizations, focusing on areas where the center believed that their contributions would mostly benefit. Organizations such as the Lethbridge Food Bank, Wood’s Homes, Streets Alive, Big [...] Read More »

BEIJING (AP) – A bus crashed into a group of students in eastern China on Tuesday, killing or injuring at least 10, state media reported. The students were waiting at the gate of a middle school in Tai’an city in Shandong province shortly after 7 a.m., Xinhua news agency said. The bus was specially customized [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of a disputed election. The warrant was issued at the request of authorities who accuse González, a former diplomat, of various crimes including conspiracy, falsifying [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González, just over a month after election officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of a disputed election that his opponents say he lost. The prosecutor seeking the warrant in its request to a judge focused [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González, just over a month after election officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of a disputed election that his opponents say he lost. The prosecutor seeking the warrant in its request to a judge focused [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest warrant for opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González, just over a month after election officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the disputed election that his opponents say he lost. The prosecutor seeking the warrant in its request cites various charges against González, a [...] Read More »