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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A 54-year-old Medicine Hat woman has been arrested and charged after police responded to a disturbance between roommates at a residence on the 2600 block of 21st Avenue SE on Saturday. Upon arrival police say officers discovered windows of the home had been smashed, allegedly by the suspect while assaulting her male roommate and [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The provincial government has tabled legislation that would allow for a treatment order to be requested on the behalf of those facing severe addiction issues. The legislation was introduced Tuesday, a continuation in the spirit of the Alberta Recovery Model, which “focuses on services and investments to lead people down a path of healing,” [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews Housing starts beat the last year’s pace in the first three months of the year, according to new figures from the City of Medicine Hat’s planning department, though 2024 marked a continued slump in the local homebuilding market. Six new single-family homes were permitted up to March 31, representing an estimated total budget of [...] Read More »

@@CollinGallant Medicine Hat’s Conservative Party candidate says he’s motivated to solve Canada’s problems during another term in office. Glen Motz has held the seat of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner for almost nine years, and is now in his fourth election campaign. “Our country is not what it was, not when I grew up,” Motz told the News [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com One male was transported to the hospital and treated for minor injuries following an altercation outside the Red Sea Ethiopia and Eritrea Restaurant last Saturday morning. Police responded to a report of an assault outside the restaurant shortly after 3:15 a.m and located a male lying on the ground outside the establishment. Witnesses told [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The leaders of Canada’s four main political parties will square off for a second and final leaders’ debate tonight in Montreal, after an initial French-language faceoff on Wednesday. Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and the Bloc Québécois’ Yves-François Blanchet will meet onstage for a final time [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Round 2 of federal leaders’ debate tonight The leaders of Canada’s four main political parties will square off for a second and final leaders’ debate tonight in Montreal, after an initial French-language faceoff on Wednesday. Liberal Leader Mark [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has made a move it hopes will lower the price of gas in the province — but observers say consumers are unlikely to benefit at the pump. They say the province has faced pressure to act since the federal government scrapped the consumer carbon price, which applied across much of [...] Read More »

HALIFAX — The worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history began almost five years ago, shortly after a Nova Scotia man brutally assaulted his common-law wife. Lisa Banfield was kicked, punched and choked by her partner of 19 years on the night of April 18, 2020. She was left with fractured ribs and vertebrae but [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre aligned on support for new oil and gas pipelines as a matter of national security during the French language election debate Wednesday night. Dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump was a running theme as the four main federal party leaders took the stage in [...] 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 »

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 »

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 »