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Attempted murder charges laid in Lethbridge pedestrian collision
The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) has laid more than one dozen charges against a Calgary man in connection with a pair of incidents on Friday evening.At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2...
Oct 14, 2025

SMRID awards $30,000 in scholarships to southern Alberta ag students
The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) has awarded $30,000 to 15 students who are studying agriculture-related post-secondary education for the 2025-26 school year.Each recipient will receive ...
Oct 14, 2025

Alberta teachers, province set to meet for first time since strike began last week
The union representing Alberta teachers and the provincial government's bargaining committee are set to meet today for the first time since a provincewide strike began Oct. 6. The strike, entering its...
Oct 14, 2025

Advance voting opens back up in Medicine Hat
Advance polls for the municipal elections in Medicine Hat are open Tuesday, Oct. 14, until Saturday, Oct. 18.The two locations are at the Hockey Hounds Recreation Centre in Crescent Heights and the Ho...
Oct 14, 2025

New pulmonary function testing program launches for rural and remote areas in Alberta
Albertans in rural and remote areas, as well as those in Indigenous communities, now have access to a new service able to keep tabs on a person's lung health.The service is called Lung Health Check Pu...
Oct 10, 2025

Here is what's on this weekend in Medicine Hat: October 10-13
It's the Thanksgiving long weekend, and temperatures are starting to cool later this weekend with moisture early on, according to Environment Canada.Friday is forecast to be sunny with a high of 22 C ...
Oct 10, 2025

$135K worth of drugs seized in Medicine Hat
UPDATE (Oct. 14, 2025) Two charged with drug production in Medicine HatOriginal Story:Police have made a significant drug bust in Medicine Hat.The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT), along ...
Oct 10, 2025

Education professor calls parent tool kit during teachers strike "incoherent"
An education expert says online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers' strike are -- quote -- ``incoherent.''Maren Aukerman, an education professor at ...
Oct 10, 2025

Two from Taber sentenced for drug trafficking & weapons offences
Two residents of Taber have learned their fates.The Taber Police Service (TPS) says two people have been sentenced after it arrested five people on October 17, 2024.Officers executed a search warrant ...
Oct 10, 2025

Alberta leads Canada with 42,500 new jobs in September
Statistics Canada says it was a strong month for job growth in Alberta.They say employment increased by around 42,500 in September 2025, more than offsetting the decreases seen in the prior two months...
Oct 10, 2025