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@MedicineHatNews St. Patrick’s Catholic Church will host its annual Spring Tea on May 25 in its parish hall in Riverside. The Catholic Women’s League is hosting the event from 1:30-3:30 p.m. that day and offering a pleasant afternoon with refreshments and door prizes. Cost to attend is $4 for adults... Read More »

Road construction will begin on Division Avenue next week. The city announced Friday the construction stretching from the top of Cemetery Hill to the Third Street intersection will get underway at the start of the new week. Traffic management plans, including detours, will be implemented as construction activities commence, and the project completion is targeted ... Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com A final green plan that will provide all city corporate operations a roadmap that will guide energy reduction and water conservation strategies over the next 25 years will seek formal approval from council June 3 after it was adopted by energy, land and environment committee members Thursday. The Environmental Framework provides a sustainable plan ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com An already spectacular rookie season for Gavin McKenna was capped off on a winning note. The Medicine Hat Tigers forward had already earned himself a summer break after a 34-goal, 97-point debut season in the Western Hockey League. The 16-year-old instead added to his already growing hockey resumé, winning gold for Canada at the ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews High school softball teams recognized their own Thursday evening. All eight of the high school softball teams in Medicine Hat honoured their graduating players ahead of their respective games. The Eagle Butte Talons Team 1 honoured seven graduating players ahead of their game against the Oyen Scorpions, Emerson Baugh, Tayler Cohen, Maddison Andrew, Ryann ... 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 »

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 »