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@CollinGallant Finally joining a 10-year-old effort to protect against overland flooding in far southern Alberta could cost the City of Medicine Hat $4.4 million over 20 years, but non-financial details of the partnership are still to be worked out, a city committee heard. Last year officials from the Regional Stormwater Drainage Committee approached city council [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News Local manufacturer Cancarb is pleased that exports are moving again at the nation’s ocean ports after labour disruption earlier this month, but says Canada’s export-based industries could face reputational risk with overseas customers. President Peter Donnelly told the News that the local plant ships about two-thirds of its production of carbon [...] Read More »

@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man wanted by Mounties in Swift Current has been arrested, that city’s detachment reported on Friday. Nicholas Belanger, 35, of Medicine Hat, was arrested on Nov. 19 in Alberta, according to a release from the Swift Current Municipal detachment, and appeared in court on Nov. 20. Another man, 28-year-old Matthew Neufeld, [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Some of Medicine Hat College’s furriest students crossed the stage on Friday, as seven service dogs in the Service Dog and Canine Studies Management course attended their own convocation. The day was a moment of reflection, triumph and perhaps a bit of sadness, said program coordinator Marissa Jordan. Over the past 13 months, students [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Health Services Toys for Tickets campaign has returned, allowing those with recent unpaid parking tickets to spread some cheer and settle their fines. Until Dec. 20, individuals who received a parking ticket at an AHS facility between Nov. 8 and Dec. 20 can take a new toy and their ticket to the [...] Read More »

Business and political leaders in Canada say there will be pain if Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods, but they note the hurt will happen in his country as well. The president-elect posted to Truth Social on Monday he will sign an executive [...] Read More »

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Tariffs mean pain for U.S. and Canada, leaders say Business and political leaders in Canada say there will be pain if Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to impose a 25-per cent tariff on all Canadian goods, [...] Read More »

GRANJENO, Texas – When Elizabeth Olivarez goes to the gym in the morning, she has her guard up. The yards and fields of her small Texas town are a well-trodden path for people who illegally crossed the border. The 67-year-old has lived in her Granjeno home near the edge of the United States border with [...] Read More »

HALIFAX – It’s election day in Nova Scotia, and the Progressive Conservatives are seeking a second consecutive majority mandate. Tory Leader Tim Houston called the snap election on Oct. 27, ignoring his government’s election law, which for the first time in Nova Scotia set a fixed election date – July 15, 2025. Houston said he [...] Read More »

Notorious killer Paul Bernardo is scheduled to appear before the Parole Board of Canada today for a hearing. Bernardo, who was denied parole twice in the past, is serving an indeterminate life sentence for the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 15-year-old Kristen French and 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy in the early 1990s near St. Catharines, [...] Read More »

FAUST, Alta. – Two people are dead and at least six others were injured after police say a semi truck crossed the centre line of a highway and collided with a group of motorcycles in northern Alberta. RCMP say members from the detachment in Faust, Alta., responded to a report of the crash on Highway [...] Read More »

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – Police say a fire that followed a break-in at a hangar in northwestern Alberta is estimated to have caused millions of dollars worth of damage, and a man who they allege was trying to flee the scene has been charged with arson. RCMP say the blaze northwest of Grande Prairie on [...] Read More »

WETASKIWIN, Alta. – A 15-year-old boy is dead after RCMP officers shot him during a confrontation south of Edmonton. Wetaskiwin RCMP say they received a report at about 12:30 a.m. from the boy, a resident of Samson Cree Nation, who had called 911 and said people were following him and trying to kill him. About [...] Read More »

CALGARY – Calgarians who are watering their lawns can expect to get tickets in the coming days. The city is reporting another day of higher-than-allowed water use since rationing rules came into effect Monday. Outdoor watering is banned and residents are being urged to cut their use indoors until a major water main is fixed. [...] Read More »

EDMONTON – Alberta’s first-quarter fiscal update shows the government expects a surplus of $2.9 billion but won’t have surplus cash in the short term and will need to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars. Finance Minister Nate Horner said it’s an accounting surplus, meaning the money is tied up, so in the meantime the province [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com With propane firepits for warmth, local postal workers continued to carry pickets downtown on Monday morning. Canada Post on Monday said in a release that the Crown corporation is down nearly 10 million parcels since the Canadian Union of Postal Workers walked off the job on Nov. 15. Canada Post, in a media [...] Read More »

The Lethbridge Police Service on discussed the fifth annual Charity Checkstop it will be hosting soon. This charity event will happen Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at Park Place mall. There will be a collection of new and unwrapped toys, non-perishable food items and monetary donations at the mall’s west parking lot in support [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Even though November is ending soon, it is never too late to think about Movember and what it represents as many men struggle with mental or physical health on a regular basis and in order to bring awareness to it City Hall will be lit blue tonight. Evan Connor, senior manager of development [...] Read More »

LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com Glow Lethbridge has officially opened its doors to the community with multiple activities under one roof that offers something for everyone. Paul Kingsmith, Director of Community Engagement with Lethbridge District and Exhibition, spoke to media Thursday during a sneak peek night prior to opening the doors to the public Friday night. “We are [...] Read More »

The Wilson Hutterite Colony, although self-sufficient, supports small and local businesses in the Lethbridge community. Thursday at the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs session hosted at the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization, had audiences sit in front of Mr. Henry Wurz, who is the colony’s German teacher, Ms. Claire Wurz, a member of the colony, [...] Read More »

BEIJING (AP) – A bus crashed into a group of students in eastern China on Tuesday, killing or injuring at least 10, state media reported. The students were waiting at the gate of a middle school in Tai’an city in Shandong province shortly after 7 a.m., Xinhua news agency said. The bus was specially customized [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – A Venezuelan judge on Monday issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of a disputed election. The warrant was issued at the request of authorities who accuse González, a former diplomat, of various crimes including conspiracy, falsifying [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González, just over a month after election officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of a disputed election that his opponents say he lost. The prosecutor seeking the warrant in its request to a judge focused [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González, just over a month after election officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of a disputed election that his opponents say he lost. The prosecutor seeking the warrant in its request to a judge focused [...] Read More »

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan authorities on Monday sought an arrest warrant for opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González, just over a month after election officials declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the disputed election that his opponents say he lost. The prosecutor seeking the warrant in its request cites various charges against González, a [...] Read More »