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zmason@medicinehatnews The Alberta government reached an agreement to increase pay for the province’s doctors after years of stalling held up emergency response initiatives this winter. The province announced Thursday a $172.3-million increase to physician compensation as part of the 2022-26 master agreement with the Alberta Medical Association. “This agreement takes meaningful steps to modernize physician

bmiller@medicinehatnews Medicine Hat High School’s female valedictorian of 2026 wants to improve people’s lives for the better and is passionately driven to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor or pursuing research in the health-care field. Zainab Riaz was named the high school’s top female student for excelling beyond her regular high school classes, as

bwagner@medicinehatnews Two men face charges after a standoff at an apartment in the 1900 block of Upland Drive on Wednesday that drew a tactical team and crisis negotiators, the Medicine Hat Police Service says. Police responded at 2:43 p.m. to what they called a high risk incident. When officers arrived, they found a physical altercation

zmason@medicinehatnews Mayor Linnsie Clark and the City of Medicine Hat issued statements of defence in May in response to a lawsuit filed by former city manager Ann Mitchell. In documents submitted to the Court of King’s Bench in Calgary obtained by the News, both defendants deny all allegations levelled in Mitchell’s two lawsuits. The city

newsdesk@medicinehatnews Medicine Hat has been named as host city of a nationwide drone competition next spring. The Aerial Evolution Association of Canada selected Medicine Hat to host the 18th annual AEAC Student Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Competition from May 14-16, 2027. The contest brings together Canada’s top university and college student teams to compete at producing

As group play winds down at the World Cup, the biggest intrigue might be not who finishes first in a four-team group. It’s who finishes third. Teams that are first and second in their groups move on automatically to the Round of 32. The U.S., Canada and Mexico, co-hosts of the tournament, have all advanced,

On this day in 1976, the CN Tower officially opened to the public. Canadian National Railway needed a solution: newly constructed skyscrapers were blocking radio and television signals across the city. The tower they built to fix it would become far more than a transmission antenna. Construction of the Toronto landmark was completed on April

Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled plans Friday to restore the prime minister’s residence at 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa through a national design competition and fundraising campaign. The 35-room mansion was built in 1867 and 1868 as a private residence. It was expropriated in 1949 to become the official residence of the prime minister but

OTTAWA — Canada has formally expressed interest in partnering with Turkey on nuclear power, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Friday after meeting with her Turkish counterpart in Ottawa. Anand and Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Hakan Fidan met ahead of the NATO summit, which Turkey is hosting next month in Ankara. They discussed economic ties

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Marcio Sanchez has been a staff photographer with The Associated Press since 2002. He started in San Francisco and later moved to Los Angeles. Sanchez is currently is a U.S. news photo assignment manager. Why this photo? The AP tribune position at the World Cup is designed to capture scoring plays