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news@medicinehatnews.com Members of the development and infrastructure committee on Thursday heard the city received an update on WestJet’s new schedule for the fall. Airport officials told the committee a vital change to scheduled arrival times will facilitate same-day service for two-way flights to Edmonton and Vancouver. WestJet is transitioning its low-cost routes for the fall ... Read More »

news@medicinehatnews.com The city has temporarily closed vehicle access to Kin Coulee Park until May 19 for the annual Conquer the Coulee obstacle race and run. Temporary barriers and posted signs are in place for the weekend event. The park will still remain open and accessible for bikes, or by foot. The city is asking residents ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Safety Buzz Campus is thrilled to be celebrating 20 years of providing safety services to the region later this month. “It’s kind of surreal; in some ways, it feels like we have been doing this forever, and in other ways, it feels like we have just begun,” said Amy Zuk-Olsen, founder and owner of ... 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »