Medicine Hat News Tigers spilt weekend with shorthanded lineup The Medicine Hat Tigers found success against the Swift Current Broncos with a depleted lineup. After an 8-4 loss Friday in Swift Current, the Tigers bounced back with a 4-2 win Saturday at Co-op Place in front of 4,528 fans. Both games they had only 15
Read More »cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City Hall has a new social media policy that officials say is aimed at beefing up security of the civic accounts rather than shutting down dissent or controlling employees’ personal accounts. Council endorsed the policy on Monday, updating one approved in 2011. The change will outline “good practice” for employees under general employment terms ... Read More »
2 hours agoasmith@medicinehatnews.com In a rare choice for the Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival, this year’s winner was declared Stirling Clark for his work in the speech category, as presented at the Sunday Stars of the Festival Concert. Clark has won the Rose Bowl in previous years, being part of the trio named the most outstanding performers ... Read More »
2 hours agoThe Medicine Hat Police Service’s fraud prevention month focus is on sharing information on investment-style scams this week. Police say investment scams can happen in person, over the phone, online or through then mail, and the intent is to get someone to invest money into an established industry, newly emerging sector or any other type ... Read More »
2 hours agosports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat High Hawks senior boys basketball team finished in the top-10 at provincials this weekend. The Hawks Sr. boys team finished sixth at the 4A provincial tournament held in Red Deer, falling 76-74 to O’Leary school in the fifth-place game Saturday afternoon. The Hawks, who entered provincials as the first seed, won ... Read More »
2 hours agojtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A shorthanded Medicine Hat Tigers lineup got a boost from a thousand extra fans at Co-op Place on Saturday night. The Tigers battled a depleted lineup over the weekend in a home-and-home series with the Swift Current Broncos, looking to stay afloat in the Central division race while only having 15 skaters available for ... Read More »
2 hours agojtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Monsignor McCoy Colts senior boys and girls basketball teams capped off successful seasons with provincials. The Colts boys and girls teams competed at the 3A provincials tournament in Strathmore over the weekend, with the boys team finishing 10th and the girls in 11th. Both teams earned their way into the three-day tournament by ... Read More »
2 hours agocgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Tackling big issues, but with very little detail about how appears to be the new plan of attack for the Alberta government that’s sporadically made blockbuster announcements since the May election. That’s broken up periods of radio silence in province where people are very concerned about the economy, health care, education… you know, the ... Read More »
3 days agoOne of the things I love about living here (and there are many) is the fact that we have such talented people who volunteer their time to put on amazing theatre productions. I have been to many productions put on at the Medicine Hat Musical Theatre and am in awe every time I leave there ... Read More »
6 days agoInteresting to note that 75 per cent of readers who voted in the News’ poll on Daylight Saving Time said they would like it to be scrapped. I’d agree with that on one condition: That we stick with the ‘spring ahead’ 12 months of the year and never go back. Some people suggest we revert ... Read More »
6 days agoDear editor, The urgency remains real for family and rural generalist physicians across the province. Government provided general funds for physician compensation and development programs. While the budget didn’t include a specific line item for the Primary Care Compensation Model submitted by the AMA earlier this year, Minister LaGrange has money she can use to ... Read More »
2 weeks agoDear editor, Regarding: coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains Open pit coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains should not be permitted. First of all, it will poison our drinking water with selenium and other hazardous chemicals – drinking water that is crucial to life in the southern ... Read More »
2 weeks agoDear editor, Canadians have something to celebrate, but maybe not Albertans. On Feb. 23, under the Supply and Confidence Agreement, the Liberal government and the NDP reached a long-anticipated deal on a National Pharmacare program based on a single-payer system and the Canada Health Act. While the initial legislation, due this week, will only include ... Read More »
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