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@MedicineHatNews A whole new level of renovating an older house will be discussed at the Monarch Theatre on Thursday night at a meeting of the Medicine Hat Historical Society. The MacKenzie-Sharland Residence was saved from demolition after the 2013 flood, was designated an Alberta historic resource, and, after complete renovation, now acts as a residence [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews A married couple from Kindersley, Sask. is charged with dealing cocaine, according to the RCMP detachment in west central Saskatchewan. Mounties state that on March 7 Kindersley RCMP officers and members of the North Battleford Crime Reduction Team executed a search warrant in the town and discovered 135 grams of cocaine, some cash and [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Shepherd’s pie and corned beef with green cabbage is on the menu tonight as the Unison at Veiner Centre continues Irish celebrations by welcoming the community to its themed dinner that kicks off at 4 p.m. this afternoon in the Bistro. The Irish-themed dinner will also include roasted parsnips and Irish flag salad on [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews A case of measles has been reported in Taber after the individual arrived in Calgary last week following a flight from Toronto. Alberta Health Services announced Tuesday that the person also spent several hours at the emergency room on March 11, 12 and 13 in the town located between Lethbridge and Medicine Hat, as [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Kiwanis Regional Science Fair is celebrating both 50 years and record participation this year, shaping up to be a Saturday to remember. Senior scientific consultant Patty Rooks with the Praxis Science Outreach Society says she recalls visiting some of the first fairs when she was a child, and her enthusiasm for them has [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… End of carbon levy will ease pain at pumps: report Canadians can expect to feel the absence of the consumer carbon price at the pumps immediately but it may take longer to notice a difference in the price [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s budget shows that the impending end of the province’s consumer carbon tax will leave a roughly $1.5-billion hole in its revenue streams, with one expert saying that “there will be both winners and losers” from the change. The budget released earlier this month shows the province was forecasting revenue of just [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canadians can expect to feel the absence of the consumer carbon price at the pumps immediately but it may take longer to notice a difference in the price of other goods, a new report released Wednesday suggests. The analysis by Desjardins Economics comes less than a week after Prime Minister Mark Carney and [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — Diversification has become a mantra for Canadian exporters in the new age of tariffs, but for harvesters of British Columbia’s geoduck clams, that’s a high hurdle, said BC Seafood Alliance executive director Christina Burridge. She said China buys 95 per cent of exports of the massive, meaty molluscs, which can weigh a couple [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting a meeting with Canada’s premiers on Friday. The prime minister’s office and the office of Ontario Premier Doug Ford confirmed details of the meeting. It comes as Carney is widely expected to call an election within just days or weeks. He was in Iqaluit Tuesday in a [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com New provincial legislation would allow organic waste from the Alberta agricultural sector to be diverted to biogas plants from landfills. The government has introduced legislation in the form of updates to the Agricultural Operation Practices Act that it says will help to  grow and diversify agriculture while also supporting the biogas industry in [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Jason Schilling has been re-elected to his fourth term as president of the Alberta Teachers Association. Lethbridge native Schilling taught English and drama for 17 years at Kate Andrews High School in Coaldale and starts his new term on July 1. He now lives in Edmonton. “My goal as your president has always been [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Drought is a word that’s spoken regularly in Alberta even in winter and as of late February the province of Alberta had 33 water shortage advisories in effect. According to the latest available provincial figures the forecasted river volumes for March through September are slightly below 2024 observations. For the Milk River basin, [...] Read More »

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 »

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 »