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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Thursday, as thousands of striking teachers and their supporters chanted and shouted nearby, that she wants to form a commission on education when the provincewide strike is over. Smith said she wants to see a negotiated settlement with the union representing the 51,000 teachers, who walked off the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the RCMP covered up what he calls scandals involving former prime minister Justin Trudeau, which he says would have otherwise led to criminal charges. In a recent interview with YouTube channel Northern Perspective, Poilievre calls the leadership of the RCMP “despicable” and adds that many of the scandals [...] Read More »

CALGARY — Alberta and Saskatchewan’s health ministers say they haven’t been approached by Ottawa about signing onto the federal pharmacare program since the spring election. Saskatchewan Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill says he hasn’t discussed his province’s involvement in the program since former federal minister Mark Holland was in office. Adriana LaGrange, Alberta’s minister of primary [...] Read More »

SEATTLE — Pike Place Market artist and vendor Daniel Fleming says Toronto Blue Jays fans typically show up in Seattle in “droves” for games against the Mariners, and the ongoing American League Championship Series has been no different. He says the city and the market can seem insulated from political tensions between Canada and the [...] Read More »

NANAIMO — A British Columbia First Nation is getting some land back in an agreement with the federal government as part of a claim settlement that dates back almost two centuries. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty and Snuneymuxw First Nation Chief Mike Wyse say in a joint announcement that the three parcels of land in [...] 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 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 »