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Tonight’s Business Growth Tradeshow promises to be the “best 2-hour investment you can make.” Free to attend thanks to the support of Alberta Innovates, the event runs 5-7 p.m. at the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede’s Cypress Centre. It offers opportunities for in-person support on topics from grant opportunities to export advice. The tradeshow is ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Bow Island Emergency Department is reducing its hours due to an ongoing staff shortage. Until further notice, the ED will only be open from 5 p.m. on Fridays to 8 a.m. on Mondays, says Alberta Health Services. It is currently closed and will remain closed until 5 p.m. on Friday, and then will ... Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Veterans from the Royal Canadian Legion, United Services Institute, various veteran motorcycle groups, members of the Army and Sea cadets, as well as local politicians, private veterans and citizens gathered Saturday morning for a ceremonial event to commemorate the recent installation of a Veterans’ Crosswalk downtown. “I applaud everybody’s sacrifice,” addressed Scott Shaw, president ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs swept a weekend slate for the first time this season. The local Jr. B club won 4-1 on the road Friday, taking down the High River Flyers before beating the Strathmore Wheatland Kings 5-1 on Saturday at the Kinplex. In the win Friday, Mason Osinski had a pair of goals, ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat U18AA Hounds split their weekend slate on home ice. The Hounds beat the East Kootenay Avalanche 4-2 on Saturday before falling 4-1 to CNHA Black on Sunday. Zander Ktiching scored twice in Saturday’s win, Mavric Ward and Nixon Kunkel each added goals to round out the scoring. Treyton ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It’s been a long 10 days on the road for the Medicine Hat Tigers. The Tigers’ six-game B.C. division trip ended Monday at Penticton against the expansion Vees. After a pair of losses to open the trip, they beat the Prince George Cougars 6-3 on Oct. 22 before falling 5-4 in overtime Friday to ... Read More »

This week’s chart shows the return of the S&P 500 following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut over ten interest rate cycles since 1974. Notice there are only two observations (2001 & 2007) where the S&P 500 was lower two years after the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin cutting interest rates. For the ... Read More »

And just like that, another municipal election cruises by in the blink of an eye. Just kidding. If you ever find you have four days to live, ask to hold another hand-counted election in Medicine Hat, because every hour since Monday felt like an eternity. After what must be the longest period from ballot to ... Read More »

Never in my life have I entered a voting booth so unsure of the X marks I was about to make. For mayor, no problem. Six candidates, enough knowledge on all of them to make an informed choice. But 39 hopefuls for eight seats on city council? The roadside signs didn’t help, other than cement ... Read More »

Dear editor, The only logical conclusion I can reasonably resolve regarding the current political system is devastation. Every policy and decision appears to cause impairment opposed to progress and advancement. We are transparently witnessing the weakening of our health care, housing, food supply, freedom of speech, charter of rights, medical freedoms, economy, criminal laws, and ... Read More »

(In response to Michael Seitz, Oct.1, Medicine Hat News, Letter to the Editor) Dear editor, I am writing in response to recent accusations regarding the transparency and practices of our Board. It is important to address these directly, as accountability and open communication are values that guide our work. This Board has made significant progress ... Read More »

Dear editor, It is past time for term limits to be set for the length of time individuals are allowed to serve on city council. A maximum of two terms, eight years, should be sufficient and be allowed. When a person runs for council, simply saying the usual, “I plan to increase economic activity or ... Read More »