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asmith@medicinehatnews.com The doors open Thursday for the new branch location of CDN controls in Medicine Hat. The location brings with it the full slate of energy services provider CDN’s works, said Jennifer Sanford, director of communications, from industrial communications and automation to electrical and instrumentation services, as well as fiber optics. “This is our 11th ... Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Representatives from several city departments gathered at Towne Square on Wednesday to answer questions from residents and provide information on upcoming budget plans, capital projects and construction updates. Booths and informational displays were set up as representatives from 12 city departments were on hand during the city’s third ‘Municipal Mingle’ public engagement event this ... Read More »

news@medicinehatnews.com The YMCA is asking residents and businesses for financial support for an effort to raise $20,000 to provide a summer day camp that supports children aged 5-12 who struggle to regulate emotions or is exhibiting challenging behaviours after experiencing a traumatic or life-changing event. At Camp Jude staff are trained and use a trauma-informed ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat High Hawks senior boys baseball team took care of business Wednesday afternoon. The Hawks won both of their contests at McCoy Field, beating the LCI Rams 5-1 and then topping the Raymond Comets 5-2. Matt Getz led the offence with three hits, two runs scored and two RBIs, capped off with ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monsignor McCoy JV Colts hit a speed bump heading into playoffs. The JV Colts lost both of their games Tuesday night in a doubleheader at Vauxhall to the Vikings. They lost the first game 12-5. James Cole, Ethan Grad, Reed Hall and Owen Fisher shared the mound work for the JV Colts in ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Happy 75th anniversary, Edmonton Eskimos/Elks! Started in 1949, the team has been one of the great success stories in sports, ranking up there with the New York Yankees, Montreal Canadiens and Boston Celtics. They won 14 of 25 Grey Cups and they had a 34-year stretch of making the playoffs. They have been a ... Read More »

The government is taking major steps to enhance health care for women and children across Alberta. Women’s health care investments Over the next two years, $20 million will be invested to advance and improve women’s health-care research in Alberta: – $10 million to establish the Alberta Women’s Health Foundation Legacy Grant to support research on ... Read More »

Have you ever wondered where the term karma comes from? We say it all the time, but do we really know what it means? I did some digging on the web, and you might be surprised to know the term karma is very much a part of Tibetan Buddhism. Tibet is an autonomous region in ... Read More »

It shouldn’t be difficult for Hatters to go along with Coun. Darren Hirsch’s suggestion that everyone cut back on their water usage this summer by 10 per cent. Why stop there? Why not cut it back 20 per cent? A 10-per-cent reduction would “make a huge difference,” said Hirsch. Start here: Instead of a relaxing ... Read More »

Dear editor, As a former member of the executive who also served eight years as chairman of the grounds committee, I learned quickly from the grounds superintendent of the day that one of the main concerns years in and out was water management. SMRID provides the water for the Medicine Hat Line, and after assessment ... Read More »

Dear editor, Re: Trans-Mountain Pipeline start of operation – May 1, 2024 About six years ago the federal government spent 4.5 billion taxpayer dollars to keep Trans-Mountain alive. About a year later, our MP, Mr. Glen Motz, wrote in the News about the “… crippling hurt this government has levied on our natural resource industry,…” ... Read More »

Dear council members Clark, Dumanowski, Hider, Hirsch, Knodel, McGrogan, Robins, Sharps and Van Dyke, As a former executive officer with the city and Speaker of the Alberta Legislature I respectfully submit that the current divisions greatly affecting our city may in part be about personalities, but more the governance structure and process. Only you can ... Read More »