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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Online registration opens today for the inaugural Cultural Forum held by the city at the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre for members of the community with a passion for arts. The Cultural Forum runs Mar. 23 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will feature six different sessions providing participants with practical tools to [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival officially begins Monday, once again fostering the arts within local youth. This year begins with the speech category at St. Barnabas Church downtown, as the festival has moved locations after 40 years at Medicine Hat College. This year, events will be held at St. Barnabas Church as well as [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com On Thursday the city announced a new festival and event application process designed to make planning and hosting new and returning events easier and more efficient for organizers. The new process has been designed after receiving feedback from local event organizers who told city staff they often encountered a hard-to-navigate process with limited support [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat police are asking members to reach out if they witnessed or may have dash camera footage of a serious collision on Mar. 3 on Altawana Drive near Seventh Street N. Police say they are still investigating after a northbound vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed lost control and collided with [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com St. Mary’s School students are heading under the sea for this year’s musical performance of SpongeBob the Musical, youth edition. The dual-cast production has been in the works since the end of September, says Grade 9 student Adelyn Norlie, who plays the titular SpongeBob. Rehearsals are going well, and she expects they will be [...] Read More »

ABBOTSFORD — A Crown prosecutor says a large body of circumstantial evidence has established the case of first-degree murder against three young men on trial for the violent slaying of an Abbotsford, B.C., couple at their home in the city in 2022. Arnold and Joanne De Jong were found dead that May and Gurkaran Singh, [...] Read More »

TORONTO — An Ontario judge is suggesting billionaire businessman Frank Stronach will eventually be found not guilty on some of the charges he faces as his sexual assault trial continues in Toronto. Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy indicated this afternoon that a not-guilty verdict would be entered on a charge of attempted rape after [...] Read More »

VICTORIA — The Tumbler Ridge and Prince George chambers of commerce in B.C. are urging Ottawa and the provincial government to ban children under 16 from using AI tools and social media. Jerrilyn Kirk, executive director of the Tumbler Ridge chamber, said last month’s shootings in the community underscore that everybody is “vulnerable to the [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — A forensic toxicologist testifying at a public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray says neither alcohol nor the psychedelics LSD or psilocybin were detected in him. Dr. Aaron Shapiro with B.C.’s Provincial Toxicology Centre says the results showed a “good indication that cannabis was consumed” by Gray. However Shapiro noted [...] Read More »

There was tangible relief among Canadians who landed Friday morning in Toronto on a flight from Dubai, as an escalating conflict in the Middle East causes travel chaos that has included thousands of flight cancellations. Returning travellers described a long and anxious process to find their way home, as the Canadian government announced Friday it [...] 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 »

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 »