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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The City of Brooks has released a reminder of upcoming penalties that will be applied to residents with outstanding taxes. A 4 per cent penalty will be applied to all outstanding tax accounts after Feb. 28, and city staff have provided several ways to make payments before the deadline. Payments can be made in ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Next week the Unison at Veiner Centre is partnering with Medicine Hat Family Services to host a workshop aimed at helping participants find peace of mind. “Letting Go: Feeling Stuck in your Thoughts?” will explore practical ways to help find more calm during day-to-day routine and techniques to help feel more grounded. “If your ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The province announced this week a multi-million dollar investment into a new drug preparation centre it says will improve medication access in southern Alberta. The government of Alberta is spending $61 million over three years to construct the new centre in Calgary, which will centralize preparation and distribution of pharmaceuticals in the region. The ... Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Cubs will face the Okotoks Bisons on Sunday in a must-win Game 5. The Cubs were shutout 5-0 Saturday in Okotoks as the Bisons tied up the best-of-five, second-round series at 2-2. The Cubs carried a 2-1 lead into Okotoks on after scoring five unanswered goals Friday at the ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers cashed in on an overtime win Saturday night. After allowing three unanswered Lethbridge goals, Tiger captain Bryce Pickford scored with 17 seconds left in overtime to beat the Hurricanes 4-3. Saturday’s contest was the second for Pickford after missing 10 games with injury, returning for Friday’s 3-0 win in Lethbridge. ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The U13 Female A Alberta Provincial Championship will be hosted by the Medicine Hat Minor Hockey Association at the Irvine Sports Complex from Mar.19-22. Amanda Black , director of Female Hockey MHMH, explains, “Hockey Alberta accepts bids for associations to put in a bid to host provincials. This year a notification was sent out ... Read More »

A major issue brewing slowly but firmly in Alberta is that of Alberta separating from Canada. This should alarm everyone not only in Alberta but throughout Canada. Here we are living in the wealthiest province of a peaceful and wonderful country, yet we have some people amongst us who are determined to break our marvellous ... Read More »

It is Sunday afternoon and I am sitting at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary and it’s been a full 48 hours since my partner had surgery to remove a lesion from the outer part of his liver. I want to take a few paragraphs to reflect on what those hours have looked like for ... Read More »

In Alberta today, the sign of a broken social contract isn’t hidden – it’s in the line at the local food bank. That line now regularly includes working families with two incomes, people who play by the rules but are being crushed by the affordability crisis. When hard-working households cannot cover groceries, the idea that ... Read More »

Dear editor, I find the furor over the upcoming Rebel News Panel at Medicine Hat College both curious and unsettling. “Thou doth protest too much, methinks.” I think so much of modern-day protest is just too over-the-top. What is the phrase? Too excessive to be credible? I am compelled to monitor the impending local media ... Read More »

Dear editor, Is there a line our value system does not want crossed when it comes to freedom of speech? The present feeling is anyone can say anything about anybody because that is freedom of speech. Well, I’m sorry to report it isn’t quite that way. There are libel laws preventing me from calling my ... Read More »

Dear editor, I’m writing regarding our local college’s decision to host a Rebel News Panel. Medicine Hat College’s motto is “Scientia Mentem Sustinet,” which is Latin for “Knowledge Sustains the Mind.” This motto invites a reasonable inquiry into the College’s decision to host Rebel News Panelist Tamara Lich – among others – as a speaker. ... Read More »