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@CollinGallant Finally joining a 10-year-old effort to protect against overland flooding in far southern Alberta could cost the City of Medicine Hat $4.4 million over 20 years, but non-financial details of the partnership are still to be worked out, a city committee heard. Last year officials from the Regional Stormwater Drainage Committee approached city council ... Read More »

@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News Local manufacturer Cancarb is pleased that exports are moving again at the nation’s ocean ports after labour disruption earlier this month, but says Canada’s export-based industries could face reputational risk with overseas customers. President Peter Donnelly told the News that the local plant ships about two-thirds of its production of carbon ... Read More »

@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man wanted by Mounties in Swift Current has been arrested, that city’s detachment reported on Friday. Nicholas Belanger, 35, of Medicine Hat, was arrested on Nov. 19 in Alberta, according to a release from the Swift Current Municipal detachment, and appeared in court on Nov. 20. Another man, 28-year-old Matthew Neufeld, ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers took a knick out of the Blades but couldn’t dull Saskatoon’s Saturday night. Medicine Hat overcame three single-goal tallies to force overtime, eventually falling 4-3 to the Blades who beat the Tigers for the 15th game in a row. The Tigers came into the game off a 3-2 loss at Edmonton ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Cubs are curling their moustaches and donning special jerseys for an awareness game Sunday afternoon. The Cubs are holding a Movember-inspired awareness game at the Kinplex when they host the Ponoka Stampeders. The 3 p.m. game will feature special jerseys in an effort to recognize men’s health month of November. Medicine ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Who knew maple bugs would not be the only orange and black insect causing a nuisance this fall. The injury bug that has burrowed its way into Co-op Place and the Medicine Hat Tigers’ lineup has been, in layman’s terms, a real pest. From an early injury to defenceman Josh Van Mulligen during a ... Read More »

It’s been a year in the making, but the contents of a third-party report on the city’s energy business won’t be known until Monday. And it might be months more until any action comes from the report commissioned by council in response to public outcry over record high prices last year. The subject is made ... Read More »

Albert Einstein famously referred to compound interest as the ‘eighth wonder of the world’. What did one of the greatest minds of the 20th century mean by this statement? From a mathematical perspective, compound interest represents the ‘eighth wonder of the world’ because it generates exponential vs. linear returns. Basically, returns are amplified over the ... Read More »

I couldn’t believe as the results of the U.S. presidential elections were splashed on the TV screen indicating a huge majority for Donald Trump as he triumphantly became the president-elect of the U.S. Only in America, as they say, such a thing could happen. A convicted felon with a record of hating immigrants marched into ... Read More »

Dear editor, Robertson Memorial No. 17 greatly appreciated the city for understanding and sending a Special Transit bus to the Legion on Nov. 11 to transport our disabled veterans. Although it was a last-minute arrangement, it was greatly appreciated and much needed. Thank you for the decision to also provide the bus at no charge ... Read More »

Dear editor, Why did the city want to charge the local legion $360 to take veterans with difficulties on Remembrance Day to the Cenotaph, using the Handi Bus? Mine and the rest of the city residents’ taxes are used to run the city buses almost empty every day. Could the city have asked one of ... Read More »

Dear editor, I am the daughter of a veteran of the First World War. When I was 10 years old in Grade 5 in 1963, our class was getting ready for Remembrance Day when my teacher was telling us the importance of remembering those who fought in the wars. I put up my had to ... Read More »