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Alberta’s government is investing in increasing monitoring techniques for repeat offenders, offering victims real-time notice in the event of a boundary breach. This $4.1-million investment over three years will expand a program requiring repeat offenders to wear a GPS tracking device monitored by Alberta Correctional Services, originally announced in 2024. The program enforces court-ordered inclusion [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Results from an Alberta Geological Survey estimates the province is sitting on more than 82 million tonnes of lithium carbonate, a key inorganic compound used to make lithium-ion batteries. According to the survey, the province could potentially have the third largest reserve of lithium carbonate currently discovered in the world. “The scale of this [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Ralston School is taking a new approach to building the minds of tomorrow, with a recent approval to be a candidate school for International Baccalaureate programming. Approved for both the primary and middle years program, teachers are now delivering Alberta curriculum in a manner focused on trans-disciplinary learning and applying all aspects of learning [...] Read More »

With an event this big, the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is getting ready early, inviting residents out to celebrate Earth Day. In partnership with the City of Medicine Hat parks and recreation department, MHIP says it is thrilled to host the fifth annual Earth Day celebration on Apr. 18, starting at 10a.m. at Police Point [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com City crews were able to restore power to more than 150 affected customers in the Brier Park area within 45 minutes following a motor vehicle collision that caused damage to surrounding power infrastructure on Wednesday. At approximately 9:45 a.m. witnesses reported seeing a truck collide with power poles behind a business located in the [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — An MP who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals is casting doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. MP Michael Ma asked an expert during a parliamentary committee hearing Thursday whether she’d seen forced labour with her own eyes. “Have you witnessed forced labour in Xinjiang? Have you [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada spent $63.4 billion on national defence in 2025, meeting its NATO commitment to spend two per cent of GDP on defence for the first time, the alliance’s annual report said Thursday. Speaking at an event in Halifax, N.S., on Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney called it the “single largest year-on-year increase in [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — The bodies of the two Air Canada pilots who died in a collision on a runway at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday have returned to Canada. Pilots carried the casket of Jazz Aviation first officer Mackenzie Gunther off a plane at the Ottawa International Airport on Thursday afternoon. Capt. Antoine Forest’s body was then [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — An MP who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals is casting doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region, asking an expert during a parliamentary committee today whether she’d seen forced labour with her own eyes. Michael Ma crossed the floor to the Liberals in December and joined Prime [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs from northern Ontario demanded answers Thursday from Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty after they linked the death of a three-year-old boy to a lack of federal funding for fire services in their communities. On Monday, a house fire in a northwestern Ontario community took the life of Chief Donny Morris’s [...] 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 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 »