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asmith@medicinehatnews.com The regular faces at the Gas City Kiwanis Centre are inviting the public to an open house to learn more about the groups that call it home. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 23, various organizations will host activities, sales and demonstrations at the Gas City Kiwanis Centre, including Medicine Hat Rock [...] Read More »

Monday night brings a busy evening for Medicine Hat city council. Council returns three items of unfinished business to the meeting, with Mayor Linnsie Clark’s legal fee reimbursement being returned for a sixth time. The item was originally presented on April 22 before being pushed back five times as Clark looks for a reimbursement of [...] Read More »

Six Hatters have been named to Alberta Health’s Regional Health Advisory. Council 14 represents southeastern Alberta, extending west from the Saskatchewan border and north from the U.S. border. Medicine Hat is located in the middle with communities such as Bow Island and Irvine to the south and Hilda to just beyond Finnigan and Bassano to [...] Read More »

The Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 is standing in solidarity with other Alberta First Nations against the question of Alberta’s separating from Canada. A judicial review of a proposed Alberta separation referendum question will go ahead, after an application to quash the proceeding and have the question approved without scrutiny was denied. Court of King’s [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com After 30 years working for the city, council candidate Kirby Schafer is hoping to take the reins and be part of what comes next for Medicine Hat. Born and raised in the city and spending his career as a lineman, Schafer says part of his reason to run for council was rooted in his [...] Read More »

The union representing Air Canada flight attendants says its workers remain on strike despite a back-to-work order. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says it will challenge an order by the Canada Industrial Relations Board to return to work by 2 p.m. ET. The federal government said Saturday that it was ordering the airline and [...] Read More »

The union representing Air Canada flight attendants says it will challenge an order by the Canada Industrial Relations Board to return to work by 2 p.m. ET. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the workers remain on strike. More to come. The Canadian Press[...] Read More »

EDMONTON — Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and 213 others vying for a seat in the House of Commons will be in the spotlight Monday, as voters in a rural Alberta riding head to the polls. Two political science professors say Poilievre is expected to handily win the byelection in Battle River-Crowfoot, a sprawling eastern [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON — Members of the United States National Guard stood near the Washington Monument on Saturday amid escalating tensions in the U.S. capital as President Donald Trump ramped up the presence of law enforcement in the mostly Democratic city. Tourists walking by the uniformed troops in Washington’s blistering weekend heat were confused about their presence, [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — A lawyer for Canadian diplomats and their families says he believes the mysterious ailments they suffered in Cuba were caused by a foreign adversary, despite a federal government report that dismisses the theory. Eight years after foreign service officials and their dependants began reporting such symptoms as headaches, memory loss, mood changes, vision [...] 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 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 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 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 »