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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A local organization dedicated to providing affordable counselling to the community announced it is moving forward with the third annual Lettuce Smash! Memorial Scrimmage and Social held in memory of Leslie McLennan, a former captain of the MHC Rattler’s soccer team. Medicine Hat Family Service is hosting the fundraising event Sept. 6 with all [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Associate Minister of Water and MLA for Taber-Warner, Grant Hunter, will be travelling to Iqaluit, Nunavut to discuss various aquatic challenges. “We are one of Canada’s environmental leaders, and this meeting is a chance to have meaningful conversations about the common-sense conservation that matters to Albertans,” said Hunter. “From fisheries to the fight against [...] Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Members of the Community Vibrancy Advisory Board want to recognize local artists, singers, potters, writers and individuals who contribute to Medicine Hat in the arts and culture realm by establishing a new Arts and Culture Recognition program. The new program would be modelled after the already established Sports Wall of Fame program and would [...] Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Looking to pay forward the life-changing sense of community he’s experienced, Stuart Young adds his name to the council candidate roster. Young explained that after coming here in his youth from northern Alberta, he felt the welcoming community he found within the city to be one of the strongest assets that Medicine Hat has [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Brooks RCMP are asking for public assistance in identifying the driver of a grey or silver Volkswagen with damage on the driver’s side, after a 30-year-old man from Andrew was fatality struck on the Trans-Canada Highway near Tilley early Monday morning. Mounties responded to a report of an abandoned vehicle on Highway 1 near [...] Read More »

OTTAWA — Canada Post is urging the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to revisit its offers after meeting at the bargaining table Wednesday. The Crown corporation says the union has “maintained or hardened” its position on many items and added new demands and that the gap between the parties remains “substantial.” Canada Post says it [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Lottery Corp. is taking the federal government to court, claiming it was wrongly penalized more than $1 million for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing violations earlier this year by a federal financial watchdog. The lottery corporation filed a notice of appeal last week in Federal Court against Fintrac for allegedly [...] Read More »

MONTREAL — Anti-smoking advocates are calling on provinces to use money from a historic tobacco settlement on public health programs. In March, an Ontario judge approved a $32.5-billion plan requiring three major tobacco companies to pay out billions of dollars in compensation to provinces, territories and former smokers. Provinces are expected to receive initial payouts [...] Read More »

A British Columbia resident says he got the show of a lifetime when a pod of orcas got up close with him and a group of friends on the waters of Howe Sound in an encounter captured on video. Joshua Lepin says he and his friends were in boats and inflatables on Saturday afternoon and [...] Read More »

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Lottery Corp. says it was wrongly penalized more than $1 million for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing violations earlier this year by a federal watchdog. The lottery corporation says in a notice of appeal filed last week in Federal Court that the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada [...] 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 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 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 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 »