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asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival officially begins Monday, once again fostering the arts within local youth. This year begins with the speech category at St. Barnabas Church downtown, as the festival has moved locations after 40 years at Medicine Hat College. This year, events will be held at St. Barnabas Church as well as [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com On Thursday the city announced a new festival and event application process designed to make planning and hosting new and returning events easier and more efficient for organizers. The new process has been designed after receiving feedback from local event organizers who told city staff they often encountered a hard-to-navigate process with limited support [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat police are asking members to reach out if they witnessed or may have dash camera footage of a serious collision on Mar. 3 on Altawana Drive near Seventh Street N. Police say they are still investigating after a northbound vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed lost control and collided with [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Online registration opens today for the inaugural Cultural Forum held by the city at the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre for members of the community with a passion for arts. The Cultural Forum runs Mar. 23 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will feature six different sessions providing participants with practical tools to [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Two new TREX exhibitions are opening at Medalta this week. The two shows from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition program will kick off with a reception at the Yuill Family Gallery at Medalta Friday evening. The event will feature talks from the artists, light refreshments, drinks available for purchase and live [...] Read More »

ABBOTSFORD — A prosecutor says three men accused of murdering an Abbotsford, B.C., couple kept a bat used to bludgeon one of the victims to death, displaying it with “pride” in videos recorded months later. The B.C. Supreme Court in Abbotsford was shown the videos recorded by the men displaying the softball bat alleged to [...] Read More »

TOKYO — Prime Minister Mark Carney says that while there should be debate in Canada about a social media ban for children, he has not made up his own mind on the issue yet. Carney says there are arguments on both sides and more information emerging about how such bans work. A number of countries [...] Read More »

TOKYO — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession for his “deplorable” actions. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Carney says the actions that have caused him to be stripped of his royal titles “necessitate” his removal from the line of succession. Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested last month [...] Read More »

ABBOTSFORD — One of three suspects in the alleged home-invasion murders of an Abbotsford, B.C., couple conducted “exceptionally damning” Google searches about punishment of murderers in Canada after media reports of the deaths, a Crown prosecutor said in closing submissions Friday. Crown lawyer William Dorsey said the searches extracted from Abhijeet Singh’s cellphone showed he [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON — Canada’s new chief trade negotiator to the United States met her American counterpart in Washington on Friday as Ottawa sought to steady the bilateral relationship ahead of a review of the critical continental trade pact. Janice Charette was joined by Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Canada’s newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States [...] 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 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 »

Some Lethbridge homeowners might be surprised to see an almost 14 per cent increase in their education taxes when they get their property tax bill this spring. According to the Government of Alberta website, education property taxes are increasing for 2025-2026 after being frozen in 2024-2025. For Lethbridge residents, this will amount to a 13.8 [...] Read More »