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zmason@medicinehatnews.com School boards and civil liberties advocacy groups are responding to amendments proposed to the Education Act under new legislation tabled last week that will give the province more control over ideology and operations in Alberta’s schools. Bill 25 mandates neutrality in classrooms and imposes new restrictions on the kinds of statements allowed to be ... Read More »

zmason@medicinehatnews.com Another legal challenge has been launched against the proposed separation referendum by an Alberta First Nation while the Forever Canadian policy proposal continues to stall in the house. The Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation appeared before the Court of King’s Bench in Edmonton on Tuesday to seek an injunction against the separation referendum petition drive. ... Read More »

Cypress county councillor Robin Kurpjuweit will make his bid to be on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities board, as to better represent the region at the federal level. The agenda item came in as a notice of motion at the previous regular council meeting, with intent to be discussed on Tuesday. The motion asked for ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com @ReporterTubb Last time Willie Desjardins checked, there’s no ‘I’ in the word ‘award.’ On Tuesday, the Western Hockey League announced the six finalists for the Lloyd Sanders Memorial trophy for executive of the year and the finalists for the Dunc McCallum Memorial trophy for coach of the year. The Medicine Hat Tigers head coach ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Saskatoon Blades provided the lone upset in the first round of the 2026 WHL Playoffs. The No. 6 seed Blades beat the No. 3 seed Edmonton Oil Kings with a 3-2, overtime win to take Game 7 Monday in Edmonton, winning the series 4-3. It’s the second straight season the Oil Kings have ... Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers and Calgary Hitmen will meet in a battle of Southern Alberta in the second round of the WHL Playoffs. The No. 2 seed Tigers, who beat the seventh-seed Regina Pats in five games, will face the No. 4 seed Hitmen who swept the five-seed Brandon Wheat Kings in ... Read More »

Are you familiar with the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series created by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen? Since its inception in 1993, more than 112 million books have been sold in the U.S. and Canada. These books are a collection of motivational and uplifting stories submitted by readers for readers like me ... Read More »

Last Sunday morning, in a windowless hall in downtown Winnipeg, illuminated only by giant screens glowing New Democratic Party orange, Avi Lewis secured a decisive, first-ballot victory to become the new leader of a beleaguered federal party. Unapologetically democratic socialist, the anti-Zionist Jew and environmental activist, who ran on a bold platform that included a ... Read More »

If you read my last column on why you should not get a dog and decided that this woman is full of #?*!, “I am getting a puppy!” this is the column for you. First of all, are you legally allowed to have a dog where you live and is there a size limit? Getting ... Read More »

Dear editor, We are blessed to have deer in our communities, knowing they offer a positive aesthetic experience and a connection to nature. One has only to know about the harmful effects social media and the internet have on our vulnerable young people to realize how they would benefit from seeing something like the ‘gentleness’ ... Read More »

Dear editor, I am tiring of the name and defence of Bill 18 as “assisted death as a last resort,” as if current or planned MAiD regulations provide for anything else. MAiD is not “death on demand.” No one is an advocate for death, but what currently exists is choice when life without overwhelming suffering ... Read More »

Dear editor, Last week the provincial government tabled legislation to restrict Medical Assistance in Dying in Alberta. The reported goal is to “protect the vulnerable” when in reality this legislation will restrict the rights of ALL ALBERTANS to request a peaceful death if they find themselves in enduring and intolerable suffering. As doctors who assess ... Read More »