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For the love of the team, Sideshow runs again

srooney@medicinehatnews.comMedicine Hat’s old arena burned to the ground the day of Jim Hall’s ninth birthday.A year later he took a ride in an earth mover digging the hole for the new one.Last night, with a new home for the Medicine Hat Tigers nary 18 months away from its ... Read More »

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Alzheimer Society brings meetings online
The Alzheimer Society has launched an online program they hope will bring people together as if they were gathering in a coffee shop to meet friends and support each other and glean information.The Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories unveiled the ASANT Café on Wednesday, which is ... Read More »
8 hours ago
Federal money for area job creation
Three area organizations will get a federal boost to help attract job-creating investments to the area.The announcement was made in a release from Medicine Hat MP LaVar Payne today.The Palliser Economic Partnership ($46,000) the Economic Development Alliance of Southeast Alberta ($31,800) and the Village of Foremost ($3,000) are the ... Read More »
12 hours ago
For the love of the team, Sideshow runs again
srooney@medicinehatnews.comMedicine Hat’s old arena burned to the ground the day of Jim Hall’s ninth birthday.A year later he took a ride in an earth mover digging the hole for the new one.Last night, with a new home for the Medicine Hat Tigers nary 18 months away from its ... Read More »
18 hours ago

Local Sports

Tigers 2, Oil Kings 1: Game notes
WHLPlayoffs Eastern Conference finalx-if necessaryMedicine Hat Tigers vs.Edmonton Oil KingsGame 1 Friday:Oil Kings 8, Tigers 3Game 2 Sunday:Oil Kings 3, Tigers 1Game 3 Tuesday:Tigers 2, Oil Kings 1Game 4 Wednesday, 7 p.m., The ArenaGame 5 Saturday, April 26, 7 p.m.at Edmontonx-Game 6 Monday, April 28, 7 p.m.,The Arenax-Game ... Read More »
19 hours ago
Hat gymnast headed to Westerns this weekend
clefebvre@medicinehatnews.com @MHNLefebvre A local gymnast will represent Alberta in the Western Canadian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Saskatoon. Cole Barker, 14 years old and training out of Salta Gymnastics, made the eight-person team after qualifying at the Gym Power meet in Edmonton and the University of Calgary Gymnastics meet ... Read More »
19 hours ago
In the zone, in the series
dsteinke@medicinehatnews.comMarek Langhamer came up with a big steal for the Medicine Hat Tigers.During Game 3 of a WHL Eastern Conference championship series on Tuesday against the Edmonton Oil Kings, the Czech netminder made 43 saves to back his Medicine Hat Tigers to a 2-1 victory at The Arena.The ... Read More »
19 hours ago

Local Entertainment

‘Twenty Feet from Stardom’ the next feature at Monday Night at the Movies
Medicine Hat NewsIt’s a few months later than planned, but Monday Night at the Movies presents “Twenty Feet from Stardom” this week.The film follows the backup singers behind some of the top musical legends of the late 20th century. The film looks at the personal journeys of the ... Read More »
5 days ago
JazzFest announces headliners for 2014
Medicine Hat News The 2014 edition of Medicine Hat JazzFest is just over two months away and organizers made a big announcement on Thursday about opening night. Arturo Sandoval, a 10-time Grammy Award winner, will kick off the week with a June 22 show at the Esplanade main ... Read More »
5 days ago
Poncho’s Ponderings: Lessons in the present from the future
If the first rule of a happy existence is to look both ways before crossing the street, then the second priority of living a happy life is to be careful what you ask for because you just may get it. Unfortunately, I’ve only been able to retain these ... Read More »
7 days ago

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Take one last ‘selfie’ and then call an end to this trend
Whip out your phone, turn and face front, flip your camera option so it faces you, not the street. Snap a picture, duck lips or peace sign optional. Add a filter to make it look like it was taken in an old Western town in the 1880s.Congratulations, you ... Read More »
19 hours ago
Aggressive action needed to put stop to online threats, bullying
Rehteah Parsons was just a 17-year-old girl from Nova Scotia. She could just as easily have been from Medicine Hat.As the allegations go, at 15, she was gang raped at a party by four male peers. They took photos. These were circulated online and through social media, and ... Read More »
2 days ago
National Affairs: Harper gets a rare reprieve in Senate saga
Now that the RCMP has decided not to file criminal charges against Nigel Wright for reimbursing Mike Duffy’s housing allowance out of his own pocket, there remains only a faint possibility that Canadians will ever know for sure whether the prime minister was in the loop of the ... Read More »
3 days ago

Letters to The Editor

Canada needs peace department
Canada needs to establish a well-funded and fully functional department of peace. Last September in Geneva, the Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructure for Peace met to discuss how peace can be obtained through conflict mediation. This was one of the first meetings of the Infrastructure for Peace ... Read More »
19 hours ago
Disabled people in facilities have no control over their lives
It’s a strange world when you have a physical disability, when you are placed in a facility. You have no control, although this is a civilized country, and disabled persons are no longer sent to the dungeon like lepers. Our medical system can be very backward; it’s like ... Read More »
19 hours ago
Dubious: Build it and they will come?
I like the mayor’s idea. Let’s spend $30 million-plus and fill in that ugly lot across from the Glass House. If we create the demand, and the space, the people will come there to shop, park and live upstairs in luxury. As a matter of fact, seeing as ... Read More »
19 hours ago

Ticked & Tickled

Ticked Off and Tickled Pink April 22
Ticked Off That somebody has decided that the capital of Ukraine should be spelled Kyiv instead of Kiev, which is easier to pronounce. Ticked Off With the gas stations on the highway still charging six cents a litre more than anywhere in town. Ticked Off At all the ... Read More »
2 days ago
Ticked Off and Tickled Pink April 17
Tickled Pink About the April Fool’s story on photo radar. Good job. Ticked Off The police force should either enrol in anger management for three months or turn in their ammunition for rubber bullets. Tickled Pink That we have the Ticked Off and Tickled Pink column. It allows ... Read More »
7 days ago
Ticked Off and Tickled Pink April 15
Ticked Off I think our police web page shows one-tenth of the stops are made in Crescent Heights. I see more officers there than other parts of town. Tickled Pink At the recent police presence on Southview Drive. Maybe some of the people driving will finally see the ... Read More »
1 week ago