@@CollinGallant Keeping up with increased information requests and questions from the community is straining staff, councillors heard during meetings Tuesday on the proposed 2025-26 operating budget, but technology, not more manpower, may address it over the next two years. Administrators say they have seen a near five-fold increase in freedom of information requests over three
Read More »@MedicineHatNews A moment of silence was observed in the Alberta legislature on Monday in honour of Alan Hyland, a long-serving MLA and local politician who died in June. Speaker Nathan Cooper read a brief biography at the opening of the session between the customary prayer, land acknowledgement and the singing of O’Canada. Hyland served as ... Read More »
12 hours ago@MedicineHatNews Gleichen RCMP are looking for a 16-year-old female last seen on Monday at Siksika Nation. Pashence Wolfchild stands about 5-foot-4 and weighs about 125-pounds with a medium complexion and brown hair and eyes. Authorities are concerned for her safety. Anyone with information about her whereabouts should contact the Gleichen RCMP detachment and 403-734-3056. Ostrich ... Read More »
12 hours agonews@medicinehatnews.com Registration for Medicine Hat College’s ‘Resiliency in Time of Loss’ workshop, which provides essential tools to navigate trauma associated with death and dying, closes tomorrow at noon. The all-day session will focus on fostering resilience, self-care and empathetic support for others and will be taught by Dr. Shane Andrus. “To explore stories around loss, ... Read More »
12 hours agosports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monsignor McCoy Colts senior football team still has one more game on the schedule this season. The Colts will host the Catholic Central Cougars on Friday for the B-Side Jerry Dawson Championship Trophy. That game gets underway at 5 p.m. at the Methanex Bowl. The Hat High Hawks are also in action this ... Read More »
12 hours agosports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Huff N Puffs 70+ senior slow pitch team brought home some hardware from the World Senior Games. The local 70+ team finished second in the C Division at the Huntsman World Senior Games held in St. George, Utah from Oct.14-18. It’s the same tournament where the Huff N Puffs 55’s senior ... Read More »
12 hours agosports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat’s Rowynn Biffart raced for Swim Alberta over the weekend. The Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club swimmer and head coach Jordan Harper were selected by Swim Alberta to join the Aspire Team 2024, based on top World Aquatics Points. Swim Alberta selected eight swimmers, four boys and four girls, to attend the event at ... Read More »
12 hours agoThe hottest topic in Ticked Off-Tickled Pink these days – a fairly accurate reflection of citizens’ views and concerns – is the redeveloped Division Avenue. Many people have complained about the narrowing of one of the city’s main north-south arteries and how turning on or off the avenue will be made more difficult, and snow ... Read More »
12 hours agoI enjoy living in a small town. I feel the benefits of this living outweigh the benefits of living in a larger centre. It is quiet and peaceful and we have much to offer to the community and those visiting us. In 2023, the population of Redcliff was 5,924 people. What is the attraction for ... Read More »
12 hours ago@@CollinGallant Do we need to talk about the U.S. election? Maybe. But what’s there to talk about? Most of the big news in the U.S. race seems to have happened in the summer, and now we just seem to be endlessly looping back to 2020 campaigns (or perhaps 2016), on this or that from either ... Read More »
5 days agoDear editor, Re: Thankfulness on Remembrance Day We all understand we should be thankful for the service and sacrifices of Canada’s veterans, but, as I have come to know detailed examples of what some veterans experienced, my gratitude to all veterans has become more profound. I am lucky to have known some Second World War ... Read More »
12 hours agoDear editor, Myself and family appreciate all the officers in the police force in our city. They protect homes and families. All officers put their lives in frontline danger to take care of people in this fair city. We respect all as they uniform up to a day’s work. With all the heavy gear these ... Read More »
12 hours agoDear editor, In Oct. 22’s paper on page A8, a headline read, “Eighteen young Albertans died while receiving intervention services since April. Sixteen were Indigenous.” Firstly, I didn’t understand why this wasn’t front page news. Over the course of five months from April to August of this year, 18 young people died after intervention by ... Read More »
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