October 16th, 2025

News

Local News

  • Coats on Finlay back Saturday to warm the Hat

    asmith@medicinehatnews.com Coats on Finlay returns this weekend for its eighth year, ensuring that everyone in Medicine Hat has winter wear for the coming cold. Starting at noon on Saturday, residents can leave their old cold-weather gear, including coats, scarves, hats, mittens, boots and even blankets on Finlay Bridge for others to pick up, or they [...] Read More »

    16 hours ago
  • Brooks RCMP conduct sting operation against local thieves

    newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Brooks RCMP General Investigation Section collaborated with frontline general duty members to initiate a proactive enforcement project to target property crime in Brooks and the County of Newell due to a recent spike in break and enters and thefts reported. Last week, Mounties laid charges in two separate incidents involving property crime. On the [...] Read More »

    16 hours ago
  • Voting opens for Field Law Community Fund; 100-plus projects competing for southern Alberta prize

    newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The voting period opens this week for the 2025 Field Law Community Fund Program. The annual contest provides funding to community-led projects across Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Residents of Alberta and N.W.T. are eligible to cast a vote for their favourite initiative. This year’s winning grassroots projects will share a total prize fund [...] Read More »

    16 hours ago
  • Man Van returns to Medicine Hat this weekend for free prostate cancer screening

    Helping to promote prostate cancer awareness, the Man Van will be in Medicine Hat this Saturday. From 11a.m. to 2 p.m., the van will be parked outside the London Drugs. Men aged 40-70 will be able to take a PSA, or Prostate Specific Antigen blood test, which will help them monitor their risk of prostate [...] Read More »

    16 hours ago
  • Nichole Neubauer will enter Alberta’s Order of Excellence today

    asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat’s Nichole Neubauer is heading to Edmonton today to take her place in Alberta’s Order of Excellence. The Lieutenant Governor as the King’s representative invests members into the Order in recognition for significant contributions to the province’s history and place on the grander stage. It is, according to Alberta’s government, the highest honour [...] Read More »

    16 hours ago

National News

  • Canadian passport now outpaces U.S. in ranking of visa-free access

    OTTAWA — Canadian passport holders have overtaken Americans in terms of their visa-free access to the world. The Henley Passport Index ranks Canada in 9th place for how many countries Canadian citizens can visit without needing to apply for a visa. The U.S. passport is in 12th place. Both countries sat at 7th place under [...] Read More »

    6 hours ago
  • Amazon unionization in Quebec was discussed by management, tribunal hears

    MONTRÉAL — An Amazon senior executive has told a labour tribunal that unionization efforts by Quebec workers were discussed in meetings by management, though not in detail. Amazon’s director of operations for Canada told the Tribunal administratif du travail he knew there was some unionization activity at the e-commerce giant’s distribution centre in Lachine. But [...] Read More »

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  • Astronaut Jeremy Hansen fields kids’ queries, 100 days from Artemis II launch opening

    LONGUEUIL — A Canadian astronaut embarking on a deep space mission to the moon admits it’s a scary prospect, but he’s learned to mitigate those fears. Jeremy Hansen made the comments as he took questions from elementary school students during an event at the Canadian Space Agency today. Hansen says the mission has risks but [...] Read More »

    8 hours ago
  • Provincial immigrant nominee programs get late year boost: Diab

    OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab says some provincial immigrant nominee programs are getting a late-year increase to the number of slots they have. Diab says she relayed the news to her provincial and territorial counterparts on Wednesday during a ministerial forum. The subnational ministers have been calling for a restoration of slots in the [...] Read More »

    8 hours ago
  • Trans Mountain faces $292k environmental fines after 2024 B.C. rainstorm: regulator

    Trans Mountain is facing $292,000 in regulatory fines for alleged environmental issues in January 2024 along a stretch of its British Columbia pipeline expansion route hit by a major rainstorm. The Canada Energy Regulator posted four penalties dated Oct. 3 to their website and referred The Canadian Press to an inspection order and compliance report [...] Read More »

    8 hours ago

Southern Alberta News

  • First resource fair a hit in Standoff

    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 »

    6 months ago
  • Police chief’s 2021 lunch subject of disciplinary hearing

    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 »

    6 months ago
  • Everything falling into place for first LFS gala to be a success

    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 »

    6 months ago
  • Education property taxes set to increase in spring notice

    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 »

    6 months ago
  • Fundraising paying off for cardiac centre

    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 »

    6 months ago