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bmiller@medicinehatnews.com A lengthy back and forth between councillors and city staff ensued following a public hearing Monday night regarding a development permit application for demolition of the former Riverside School building. In the end, councillors unanimously voted to approve the proposal. The public hearing began with a 10-minute presentation from Brad Wenzel, owner of Prime ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com City staff on Monday told a committee that an ideal situation would be to have a recreation facility located on both the north and south sides as they provided an update on the proposed South Side Outdoor Pool and Brier Run Sports Field. Public services committee members were provided background analysis on the city’s ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Thursday, October 2 1. Fred McNab 2. Mike Alcock 3. Marg Patridge 4. George Evans 5. Rita Myson Monday, October 6 1. Jane Bahnmiller 2. George Evans 3. Marie Couch & Rita Myson 4. Shirley Brooks 5. Lena Dumoulin & Dennis Smith Thursday, October 9 1. Fred McNab 2. Jane Bahnmiller & Mike Alcock ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are flying almost as high as teddy bears did Saturday night at Co-op Place. The Tigers tallied a pair of wins over the weekend, coming back to beat the Moose Jaw Warriors 4-3 in overtime Friday before Bryce Pickford’s first career hat trick propelled them 5-1 over the Wenatchee Wild ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews From winning the all-star game to taking hold of the South division, the Medicine Hat Cubs had themselves quite the weekend on the road. The Cubs were represented by six players at the HJHL’s all-star game Saturday in Strathmore, with the South division beating the North division 8-5. Captain Kyle Woolridge, forwards Mason Osinski, ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Mike and Thomas Fentabil of the Medicine Hat Tennis Club represented the city in Calgary at the end of November. The Fentabil brothers competed at the ATC 3 STAR U14/U18 Tournament held Nov. 28-30 at Calgary’s Alberta Tennis Centre. Thomas won the U14 tournament, beating the No. 2 seed Wintson Wong in the semifinals ... Read More »

sschmidt@medicinehatnews.com After multiple sources suggested last week the UCP government was planning to either amend or repeal altogether its own Recall Act in response to a number of MLAs now facing petitions, Justice Minister Mickey Amery came out to deny it. There won’t be changes made this session, he says, but the door has been ... Read More »

Premier Danielle Smith’s lovefest with Prime Minister Mark Carney leading to last week’s memorandum of understanding regarding pipeline construction from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast apparently didn’t go over well with much of the party faithful at the weekend’s AGM of the United Conservative Party. As the premier talked to the crowd in Edmonton about ... Read More »

While in Toronto for a work-related conference, I attended a presentation that talked about loneliness and its impact on Canadians. According to the YMCA Connections Snapshot from August 2025, “Only 4 in 10 Canadians surveyed feel a sense of connection and belonging in their community.” They go on to say ur young people are reporting ... Read More »

Dear editor, The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centres.” Our hospitals already have underused surgical suites because of not enough medical staff. Dr. Paul Parks (previous president of the Alberta Medical Association and Medicine Hat ER Physician) has said the Medicine ... Read More »

* Submitted before Wednesday’s strike announcement Dear editor, As Alberta inches closer to another union versus government negotiation, the UCP “tactical misinformation machine” is revving up and shifting to high gear. I speak of course of the looming dispute between AUPE’s nursing care union and the Alberta government, including the erroneous statements made by Finance ... Read More »

Dear editor, Quebec has abundant hydro power (electricity) and Alberta has abundant natural gas. During a recent relatively minor snow storm, electric power was out in large areas of Quebec. Many homes and businesses lost electric power. Forty-six thousand homes were still without power a few days later. Heating, refrigerators, deep freezers, lighting etc. were ... Read More »