Conservative MP LaVar Payne will have a fight on his hands if he wants to represent the Tories in Medicine Hat in the next federal election.Lethbridge MP Jim Hillyer a fellow Tory, announced his intention today to seek re-election in the realigned Medicine Hat riding.“When the boundary realignments come into effect with the next federal
Read More »Conservative MP LaVar Payne will have a fight on his hands if he wants to represent the Tories in Medicine Hat in the next federal election.Lethbridge MP Jim Hillyer a fellow Tory, announced his intention today to seek re-election in the realigned Medicine Hat riding.“When the boundary realignments come into effect with the next federal ... Read More »
3 hours agoIt’s Spectrum time!The Sunshine Spectrum Festival, now in its 23rd year, held its official media launch Thursday evening at City Hall, and this year’s iteration of the summertime tradition promises to be bigger than last year.“I’m pretty excited,... Read More »
12 hours agoWorkers are currently securing the berm at the Trans-Canada bridge construction site against the rising South Saskatchewan River. And, according to Alberta Transportation, the last of the steel girders should be in place soon. “In preparation for... Read More »
12 hours agoA strong pitching performance from Kevin Ellefson wasn’t enough to keep the Eagle Butte Talons off the scoreboard in high school baseball action at Athletic Park on Thursday. Taking the mound for the Medicine Hat High School... Read More »
12 hours agoFor Chris Sheardown, a silver medal felt like solid gold.The 15-year-old member of the Medicine Hat AAA Fencing Club went to his third Canadian Fencing Championships on the weekend in Gatineau, Que. As far as making a championship... Read More »
12 hours agoVisit the homepage for Brentwood College School and the first image that pops up is a bunch of kids rowing along the east coast of Vancouver Island.Not soccer.Medicine Hat native Reid Anderson might have had a different sport... Read More »
12 hours agoAlan Jones SextetJazz music has always been about exploring musical connections. Gabriel Alegria has devoted his career to exploring that connection between the music of his native Peru and American jazz. For eight years now, this trumpet player,... Read More »
12 hours agoThe latest technological revolution has come to Medalta in the form of one of the world’s only ceramic-based 3-D printers. And according to one of the pioneers of the ceramic application for the technology, the next stop is... Read More »
12 hours agoAnd that is a healthy good thing because it would be wrong to simply recycle the same popular artists and shut out emerging ones. The balancing act between the known draws and the unknown promising artists is essential... Read More »
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haha way to try to make the Wildrose look at fault here Justice. Its not like they posted the comments themselves. It wa... Read More »
Fd....the govt has already shown caution and patience on this project....wasn't just dreamed up yesterday, but has under... Read More »
Marcel and Gillian are absolutely correct in recommending caution and patience when considering such a large installatio... Read More »
The minimum wage is not just in Medicine Hat so what do you mean ?... Read More »The Internet is a wonderfully convenient tool for the purchasing or selling of goods and services. The technology is able to connect buyers and sellers quickly and efficiently, even if they’re continents apart. But there’s a downside: unscrupulous people are able to use the Internet to rip off unsuspecting victims. That’s why ... Read More »
12 hours agoOne of the biggest wind energy projects is about to invade our landscape with more than 300 additional wind turbines. Although a green energy project is admirable we should be asking if this project is appropriate now, just a matter of months before the Health Canada research study is due. On July ... Read More »
12 hours agoMayor Norm Boucher stepped on shaky ground on Tuesday night arguing that his job description is “overloaded” and the City would be well-served by the addition of new duties and new pay scheme for a full-time deputy mayor.Politically shaky, that is, for in the run-up to a municipal election this fall it could appear that ... Read More »
19 hours agoI would like to express a very serious concern about Medicine Hat photo radar. At 9 p.m. on May 7, I was sitting in my vehicle at the college, waiting for traffic to go by before I pulled out onto College Avenue. Once it was clear, I pulled out towards the Trans-Canada, ... Read More »
12 hours agoRe: “‘Left wing media biased’ in Duffy case,” May 18. Can you believe LaVar Payne? He knows nothing about Duffy but has “heard stories” about Justin Trudeau. He says the CBC is biased. They have a lot to hide. Huh? Once again Mr. Payne has attempted to shift the blame so that ... Read More »
3 days agoHockey Alberta’s decision to ban bodychecking for those players 11 and 12 years old is long overdue. In a perfect world, checks are clean with no intent to injure, but reality is different. The act of checking often degenerates into an effort to either temporarily or permanently remove another player from the ... Read More »
3 days agoTicked PinkWith the awesome nurses and staff on 5West at the hospital. Thanks for making my mom’s stay much more tolerable! Tickled PinkIf I could see lots of kids playing in the empty playgrounds that I creep by at the proper speed. Come on, parents, your kids need to be outdoors!Ticked OffThat we don’t have a very ... Read More »
19 hours agoTicked OffAt dog owners who leave their barking dogs in their back yards or their garage where they howl all day long while the owners are at work.Ticked OffI bought an item from a home-based business and it said “satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.” I wanted a refund and was made ... Read More »
4 days agoTicked OffOur MP says he is fine with mailout attacks on the Liberals. Please don’t waste money by sending us the garbage.Ticked OffThat the general population is losing the battle against terrorism by allowing themselves to become subjects of paranoia.Ticked OffWhen are the freight engines going to be redesigned so they don’t ... Read More »
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