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COLLIN GALLANT cgallant@medicinehatnews.com The city’s energy division will seek $675,000 from council to advance planning work and analysis for the Saamis Solar Park project, but that work won’t be complete until the fall when other key factors in a final analysis on approving the project may be more clear. That includes the future of industrial [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Registration for parents is open to attend the annual Alberta School Council Spring Symposium, a virtual event planned for the end of April. The annual conference provides school councils from across the province the opportunity to hear keynote speakers, plus attend breakout sessions and interactive activities themed around building resilience. The online event will [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Hatters can now reserve free tickets to attend a live taping of CBC’s West of Centre hosted by Kathleen Petty who will speak with local officials about the election later this month. The live taping of the political podcast is scheduled for April 16 for two hours beginning at 7 p.m. at the Esplanade [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews Unemployment in southern Alberta fell by half a percentage point in March, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada, which puts the rate in Medicine Hat-Lethbridge economic region at 6.7 per cent. That was also half a point less than the provincial figure as the Alberta jobless rate rose year-over-year. Compared to March 2024, [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews A track maintenance foreman on the Maple Creek subdivision has been named the CPKC “Railroader of the Year.” The railroad announced the internal company distinction on Friday, naming Swift Current-based Brett Reynolds. Reynolds has 36 years of service with CPKC working on the Maple Creek subdivision, which comprises track between Swift Current and Medicine [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Ottawa police say they’ve charged a 31-year-old man with several offences following an incident that placed an area of Parliament Hill under lockdown on Saturday. Police say in a media statement that a man entered East Block in downtown Ottawa at 2:40 p.m. Saturday and started issuing threats to those inside. Security officials [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection policies like rent control. The NDP [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw millions of birds culled at hundreds of farms. Farmers and scientists also worry what the next migration of wild birds will [...] Read More »

DRUMHELLER — A plan to send Tyra the tyrannosaurus, the popular tourist attraction that towers over the skyline in Drumheller, Alta., into proverbial extinction has sparked demands that she be spared. The town of 8,400 northeast of Calgary bills itself as the Dinosaur Capital of the World. Home to the famed Royal Tyrrell Museum, the [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — In the town of St-Amable, Que., it’s plant or pay up. As of this year, the municipality located 30 kilometres northeast of Montreal is imposing an annual tax of $200 for residents who don’t have a leafy tree in their front yard, with a goal of reducing heat islands and improving biodiversity. One [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com National Tourism Week kicks off Monday and Tourism Lethbridge says it is a great time to “zoom out” and look at the big picture of tourism and what it means to Lethbridge. Dominika Wojcik, senior director of communications with Tourism Lethbridge says tourism is not just about visitors, but how it supports the [...] Read More »

Learning more about their community, social connection and personal empowerment have made The Watch a perfect fit for two female volunteers. The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) launched the program back in the spring of 2019 to expand social outreach over a wide area of the downtown. Volunteers dressed in matching red shirts or jackets patrol [...] Read More »

Tea enthusiasts had the opportunity to learn about the process of making tea, before the boiling process, at an event at the Galt Museum Thursday evening. Sampath Walgama who has a PhD in agriculture and has worked in the tea industry for 15 years, calls himself a “tea addict.” After immigrating to Canada from his [...] Read More »

The Miss Universe Canada pageant is much more than skin deep for Riana Maerz. The 23-year old from the Crowsnest Pass has been selected to represent Alberta in the competition this coming August in Windsor, Ontario. Contestants are not only judged on their personal fashion, including an evening gown and a swimsuit, but also upon [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The third annual Frosted Flare Art Benefit and Gala this Saturday will help the Guided Journeys Foundation toward its goal of developing the first stand-alone residential hospice and palliative care centre in southern Alberta. Co-founder and past president Kinga Zentner says the organization, established in 2022, continues to raise funds to purchase land [...] Read More »