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asmith@medicinehatnews.com Following the success of their previous offering, the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is pleased to be bringing back their Wintering Fishes Walk for a second tour. Participants will meet at Police Point Park in the Nature Center at 2:30 p.m, on Jan. 31, for an hour long walk along the river “as we discuss ... Read More »

@MedicineHatNews A Medicine Hat man will undergo assessment that could deem him a long-term or dangerous offender after he entered guilty pleas to having sexual contact with a child, luring a child under the age of 18 and failing to comply with court conditions placed on him for similar offences five years ago. Austin Morgan ... Read More »

Nominations have opened for the province’s highest honour. The Albert government is accepting nominations for the Alberta Order of Excellence, recognizing citizens who have made a significant and lasting contribution to their communities. The Alberta Order of Excellence was created in 1979, with 220 Albertans having been invest into the Order, the first investiture in ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers and Calgary Hitmen face off this weekend in a battle for first place in the East. The Tigers (25-15-2) head to Calgary (24-11-3-1) today before hosting the Hitmen on Saturday at Co-op Place in a home-and-home between the two teams that are tied the Central division and Eastern conference with ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Boxing Club’s headline local event is celebrating a milestone this weekend. The local boxing club is hosting the 20th annual Nieman/Page memorial Alberta Silver Gloves this weekend, with two shows on Saturday and one Sunday at the Medicine Hat Lodge. Medicine Hat Boxing Club coach Kerry Fahlman says they have more ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have put on quite the show picking up their first four-game winning streak of the season. The Tigers are in a lull on the schedule, following five games in eight nights, where the Tabbies won the last four games of the stretch for the longest win streak of the season. ... Read More »

Thankfully 2024 is behind us! It was a year to remember for sure – unfortunately for many of the wrong reasons. This past year, Canadians experienced the continued cost of living crisis with families and seniors struggling to put food on the table or keep a roof over their heads. Food bank use was the highest ... Read More »

The City of Medicine Hat’s food waste management pilot project has been completed and now the city wants citizens’ input to determine the value of the plan and what to do next. Around 4,000 homes were involved in the project from April through December. Those taking part were asked to place all their food waste ... Read More »

Are you familiar with the term ‘chef’s table’? If not, let me give you a textbook definition of what it means. According to Black Box Intelligence a chef’s table is an “exclusive seating arrangement providing diners with a behind-the-scenes look at the culinary process. It often includes a personalized, multi-course menu prepared and presented by ... Read More »

Dear editor, I have lived in Medicine Hat for two centuries – well, from 1958 to 2025! The Medicine Hat News has been delivered to my door in all of that time, in the 50s to my parents’ house and ever since 1963 when I’ve had my own house (with my husband, Bert). In the ... Read More »

Dear editor, A quick quiz: Ladies and gentlemen, who among you can name the person responsible, from May 1, 2024 onwards several decades into the future, for an additional $15 billion/year ($1.25 billion/month) earned by Alberta’s oil industry? This person took a chance, several years ago, and spent $34 billion of our public money to ... Read More »

Dear editor, My heart sank yet again when I read the story in the Thursday, Dec. 12 News that four people were killed in a crash on Highway 3 east of Grassy Lake on the Tuesday morning. The story says an RCMP collision reconstructionist is investigating the cause of the collision, so it’s hard and ... Read More »