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asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner’s New Democratic Party candidate says that, above all, she hopes to be a representative that will earn and keep her constituents’ trust. Jocelyn Johnson previously ran as the federal NDP candidate in the 2021 election, and is seeking the seat again for many of the same reasons. “This is a strange election [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Members of the Medicine Hat Police Commission were told the service has taken possession of a new operational commercial grade drone designed for various law enforcement applications during a public meeting Wednesday evening. The Medicine Hat Police Service launched the new DJI Matrice 30 Series drone last month that is equipped with multiple cameras [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews A redrawn proposal for a major solar farm near Hays, Alta. has been approved by Alberta regulators after the Texas-based applicant removed portions of native grassland from the plans. Proteus Solar’s “Alberta 1, 2, and 3” solar farm proposals were delayed by a provincial moratorium on new renewable approvals in 2023, then the two [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews The crop is in the ground for the 26th annual effort of the local Canadian Food Grains Bank. Organizers for the Medicine Hat chapter inform the News that seeding 130 acres in south Medicine Hat began Tuesday afternoon. Parker Weiss, of Hatview Dairy, volunteered to plant the crop of spring wheat, which will be [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews For several decades a unified Good Friday service has been staged in Medicine Hat, but this year the city-wide evangelical observance will move to the city’s largest stage. Co-op Place will host the event on Friday morning, with the Medicine Hat Evangelical Association stating the change should make the event more accessible and add [...] Read More »

Canada’s federal health authority has issued a recall warning for two medications over incorrect dosing concerns. Health Canada issued a recall for Life Brand Timed Release Melatonin 10mg on Tuesday, warning in a news release the product is labelled with incorrect dosing instruction. The affected lot numbers are 4D3965YA2, 4F4495YA2, 4F44961B0, 4F44962LH, 4H49262LH and 5C47764ES. [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to end the federal single-use plastic ban on items like straws and grocery bags if his party is elected. Poilievre campaigned in Montreal this morning, as he and other federal leaders returned to the campaign trail following the two national leaders’ debates Wednesday and Thursday. Liberal Leader [...] Read More »

Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were still in their infancy. The study published this month in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology analyzed fossilized footprints dating back about 100 million years in [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Liberal Leader Mark Carney spent his first English election debate presenting himself as a safe pair of hands for a Canada in crisis — while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sought to frame him as more of the same after a decade of Liberal government. Carney, who is leading in the polls, became the [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Taking part in his first English election debate, Liberal Leader Mark Carney cast himself as a safe pair of hands for a Canada in crisis — while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sought to frame him as more of the same after a decade of Liberal government. Carney is leading in the polls and [...] 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 »

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 »