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As the weather fluctuates between sun and snow, the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is inviting residents out to learn about the importance of the frozen river. “The world of river ice hosts a marvel of wildlife interactions,” said park interpreter Erika Derman “Join us as we will walk along the frozen shore as we talk [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com During the first week of Fraud Prevention Month the Medicine Hat Police Service has released a public service announcement about the increasing number of sophisticated scams designed to copy or mimic a person using artificial intelligence. Police say criminals are finding news to exploit AI technology for financial gains, including AI voice cloning scams [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Robert Grisonich, Wade Petersen and Wes King-Hunter have been named Medicine Hat’s 2026 Sports Wall of Fame inductees. City councillors approved the motion Monday to induct the three individuals who will be recognized at a ceremony held at the Big Marble Go Centre at a future date still to be determined. The three individuals [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Parents and guardians of students in Grades 4, 7 and 10, as well as teachers, have been given more time to participate in the annual Alberta Education and Childcare Assurance survey. The survey, which is also sent to parents and staff of students from Grade 4-12 in schools with fewer than 120 students, has [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com As the engagement period comes to an end, Albertans are invited to share thoughts about adding nuclear to the province’s energy mix by completing an online survey. The Nuclear Energy Survey will run Mar. 3-24, concluding the engagement activities the province began in August to educate Albertans and gauge stakeholder interest in the potential [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The major crimes unit of the Montreal police force has caught Canada’s most-wanted fugitive. Montreal police say they arrested Bryan Fuentes Gramajo at around 2:40 a.m. in the Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie borough. The 24-year-old Montreal native is wanted by Toronto police on a first-degree murder charge for the killing of Kashif Jamal Bentley-Jean, 28, [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — Workers in B.C.’s softwood lumber industry and other sectors who are out of work because of U.S. tariffs will benefit from almost $71 million in funding for retraining. Federal Jobs Minister Pat Hajdu and Sheila Malcolmson, the minister of social development and poverty reduction, made the joint funding announcement about the three year [...] Read More »

GATINEAU — An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found that Loblaw took too long to address requests from customers who wanted to delete their PC Optimum accounts. The office says Loblaw had the mechanism to respond to requests but took an unreasonable amount of time to address them, and that it also [...] Read More »

An emerging industry to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere got a boost today with the launch of a Canadian initiative to raise another $100 million for those projects. The federal government, RBC, BMO and Shopify are among the founding members of what’s being billed as the Advance Carbon Removal Coalition. The coalition says its [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The federal government is being accused of creating an uneven playing field in Canada’s shipping industry. Later this spring, Ottawa is expected to launch a program to subsidize interprovincial rail shipments of steel and lumber by up to 50 per cent. The move was announced in November by Prime Minister Mark Carney as [...] 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 »