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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Bianca Austria, a graduate of the Early Learning and Child Care program at Medicine Hat College, has been featured by the college for her work encouraging children to participate in a development activity known as the Mannequin Project. This method in early childhood education involves observing how children are interacting with their environment by [...] Read More »

The Roots Youth Shelter is closing its doors due to funding changes. The news came Tuesday afternoon in a social media post from the McMan Medicine Hat’s Facebook page, announcing the Youth Shelter’s final night of operations and admissions would be Thursday, Sept. 18. Final discharges and effective closure will come the next day. The [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Local eateries are busy preparing for a three-day “Foodie” festival that starts Thursday at noon in downtown Medicine Hat. The Downtown Days Food & Beverage Expo will include live music, outdoor sidewalk sales, special events and of course plenty of food from local businesses in the heart of the Hat. The festival starts at [...] Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Although the city isn’t looking to resurrect the popular Riverside Waterslides, it is considering constructing a brand new outdoor pool, potentially with an outdoor waterslide, behind Hillcrest Church. City councillors approved a motion Monday evening that will now allow the city to initiate a public engagement process with the community to gauge interest for [...] Read More »

While floods can be worrying, they can be valuable for the ecosystem, and the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program hopes to show residents how. Upcoming public program “When The Water Floods” will deal with the ecology surrounding floodplains, which form by a process of silt and sand collecting from floodwaters over time, creating nutrient-rich soil that [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Anand set to meet with Rubio in Washington Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relationship. [...] Read More »

British Columbia fishing guide Dean Werk says he was getting calls last week from keen anglers wondering if this would be their year. “Do you think there’s going to be a salmon opening, Dean?” Now they have the answer. Amid bumper returns of millions of prized sockeye salmon, Fisheries and Oceans Canada issued a rare [...] Read More »

WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relationship. Anand and Rubio have previously spoken by phone, including in June ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis. Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic [...] Read More »

SASKATOON — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to meet today with federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald, along with industry groups, to discuss the steep Chinese tariff on Canadian canola seed. Kody Blois, the parliamentary secretary for Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison are also to attend the meeting in Saskatoon. [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Supreme Court has given the Canadian government until April 2026 to change the Indian Act to bring it into compliance with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms after a successful legal challenge by descendants of people who renounced their status under the law. The court ruled that provisions of the act [...] 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 Efforts to raise $30 million to improve cardiac care in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat are paying off. Three new donation commitments totalling $350,000 mean a fundraiser to establish the Southern Alberta Cardiac Centre of Excellence has reached about a third of its goal. Campaign manager Jordan Cleland said Wednesday about $10 million has [...] 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 »