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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 »

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 »

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 Two individuals have been charged with several offences after Brooks RCMP and members of the AGLC TEU South (Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Tobaccos Enforcement Unit) seized more than 1,600 cartons of contraband cigarettes. Mounties executed a search warrant on a home in Brooks last Wednesday on Sept. 3 that led to the seizure [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Teck Resources to merge with Anglo American Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American plc have announced an agreement to merge their operations. A statement from the two mining and natural resources companies released on Monday night says [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Ottawa working on public registry of AI use The federal government says it plans to launch a public registry to keep Canadians in the loop on its growing use of artificial intelligence. The registry will also help the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal government says it plans to launch a public registry to keep Canadians in the loop on its growing use of artificial intelligence. “We are seeing a lot more activity across departments and agencies,” Stephen Burt, the government’s chief data officer, told The Canadian Press. The registry will also help the government [...] Read More »

EDMONTON — The Alberta government made good Monday on its promise to revise its school book ban, stating that from now on written descriptions of sex are OK, but images and illustrations of sex are not. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides told reporters that visual depictions had been the government’s main concern from the start. When [...] Read More »

SURREY — RCMP say charges have been laid against three men who allegedly helped convicted double murderer Rabih Alkhalil escape a British Columbia pretrial centre in 2022. But police say they can’t confirm media reports that fugitive Alkhalil has been arrested in the Middle East. Sgt. Tammy Lobb has told a briefing that Edward Ayoub [...] 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 »