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Alberta finance minister coming to Hat next week to discuss budget
@MedicineHatNews Finance Minister Nate Horner, who will present the next provincial budget on Thursday, will be in Medicine Hat next week to discuss it with local business leaders. The local Chamber of Commerce will host a luncheon March 6 featuring an address from Horner on the subject of provincial finances. The event at Chinook Village ... Read More »
Medicine Hat artists explore urban forests in interdisciplinary project
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Monday night gathered artists and scientists alike at the Ómahksípiitaa at Medicine Hat College to view works of the Pulse of the Urban Forest exhibit. The exhibition is part of Urban Trees an interdisciplinary project funded by an impact climate grant through Colleges and Institutes Canada. Spearheaded by instructor Brent Smith, the initiative leverages ... Read More »
Glasgo looking to go out on top with Cubs
jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat Cubs forward Darnell Glasgo is ready to wrap his HJHL career on a high note. The 21-year-old forward is in his third season donning the orange and black and is the lone full-time overager in the Cubs’ lineup this season. They’ve had three other overage players suit up this season – Dylan ... Read More »
Chinook takes on ‘The Play that Goes Wrong’
The British comedy hit from Mischief Theatre hits the local stage with the Chinook High School drama department proudly presenting “The Play that Goes Wrong.” Chinook High School principal and director, Duane Piper shared what audience can expect. “Whatever they’re expecting, it’s going to be crazier than that. What they can expect to do is ... Read More »
Museum event showcases Black entrepreneurship
The BIPOC Foundation-Lethbridge Chapter was joined by the Southern Alberta Ethnic Association and Galt Museum to stage a Black History Month Showcase at the Galt Museum on Saturday. On top of an immersive experience of creativity and entrepreneurship, the showcase illustrated BIPOC’s community impacts in Western Canada. “It’s an annual event where we celebrate the ... Read More »
Retired prof launches sequel to hockey book
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Gord Hunter filled 40 chapters of one book in about year. His sequel, featuring more stories written by hockey people with a local connection, has 15 chapters but took almost twice that long to compile. On Monday night, however, retired University of Lethbridge professor Hunter launched the book in front of an attentive ... Read More »
U of L educating students about violence prevention
University of Lethbridge is focuses a week on sexual and gender-based violence prevention to educate students about consent. Until Friday, the University of Lethbridge is staging its week of sexual and gender-based violence prevention by offering several interactive activities with the purpose to engage students to an open communication on the topic of sexual consent. ... Read More »
Man banned from riding transit buses
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge man has been banned from riding city transit buses for a year while he’s on probation for committing numerous offences last year and 2022. At about 10:30 a.m. on June 5, 2023 Richard Paul Paniec entered a bus but told the driver he didn’t have any money. The 70-year-old man refused ... Read More »
Adults put their spelling to the test
Six adult contestants put their spelling skills to the test in front of judges during the inaugural Buzzwords spelling bee on Saturday afternoon. “We have our kids spelling bee every year, so we thought why not give the adults a chance to show their stuff,” said Jonathan Jarvie, an adult services librarian at the Lethbridge ... Read More »
City council nixes first reading on land use bylaw amendments
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday voted 6-2 to refer first reading of proposed Phase 1 amendments to Land Use Bylaw 6300 to administration for incorporation into the new proposed land use bylaw. After a lengthy debate Tuesday afternoon, council decided that more debate and discussion is needed on the proposed changes regarding social ... Read More »
Judge rules Prince Harry was not unfairly stripped of UK security detail after he moved to the US
LONDON (AP) – Prince Harry was not improperly stripped of his publicly funded security detail during visits to Britain after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the U.S., a London judge ruled Wednesday. Justice Peter Lane said in the High Court that the decision to ... Read More »
