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August 22, 1950 saw the first nationwide railway strike hit Canada with 124,000 non-operating employees padlocking doors, banking fires and gridlocking the railways that tied the country. The railway strike started at 6 a.m. MST on Aug. 22 and lasted nine days as workers from 17 unions demanded a pay increase and a work week [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com More flights are completing connections to and from Calgary every day after WestJet brought its larger 78-seat Q400 aircraft to the Medicine Hat Regional Airport last fall, in fact the number has increased to a near perfect 98 per cent flight competition rate. This completion factor aligns Medicine Hat with what is the industry [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The 2025 nationwide wildfire response has been the biggest in recent Red Cross history. Since May, the Red Cross has provided humanitarian assistance to people impacted by wildfires across the country, including Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Atlantic Canada. This work has even surpassed the response from the COVID-19 pandemic. Operations have included 1,200 personnel, [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Delays and lane closures are expected for only a few more weeks as the city’s annual roadway resurfacing program is anticipated to be complete by the middle of September. However, there is still lots of work to be completed by crews before then. On Friday resurfacing work began on a portion of Southridge Drive, [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com City staff have engaged in discussions with Ambipar, an environment management company, as work continues on building a future food waste composting facility. The $9.5-million project was held off the 2025-26 budget as the city looks to potentially split some of the costs with Cypress County and Redcliff, and was the largest capital ask [...] Read More »

United States health official Dr. Mehmet Oz says about 400 ostriches at a British Columbia farm facing an avian flu cull should instead be saved and sent to America to learn potential “secrets” that have helped them survive an outbreak of the disease. The former TV personality and surgeon who is now the administrator of [...] Read More »

FREDERICTON — New Brunswickers will be permitted once again to enter the province’s forests, following a bout of cool weather that has reduced the risk of wildfires, officials said Monday. Starting Tuesday at 12:01 a.m., the province will lift its ban on access to Crown land, parts of which have been scorched in recent weeks [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Experts say Prime Minister Mark Carney raised more questions than answers about Canada’s position when he said he’s not ready to rule out sending troops to Ukraine once the war with Russia ends. Justin Massie, co-director of the Network for Strategic Analysis, says Carney’s recent comments were “very cautious” — and far less [...] Read More »

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says Canada Post has cancelled a meeting planned for the two sides today. The union says the corporation cancelled the meeting because Canada Post needs more time to review the union’s latest global offers. The union representing 55,000 workers did not share a new date for negotiations to resume. [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Germany late Monday, looking to boost trade and defence ties with Europe’s largest economy. Carney is moving to align Canada more closely with Europe as U.S. President Donald Trump upends the global trading system with his tariff war, and Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine heightens global security [...] 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 »