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mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker Summer weekends in the Hat almost always include a long-distance running event – with the Cancarb River Run being a staple for 35 years in the community. Runners and their supporters gathered at the Downtown YMCA Saturday morning for the annual run which featured three, five and 10 kilometre heats. “The River Run raises ... Read More »

June 17 – Sunrise Coffee Time, MH Public Library, 10 a.m. June 17 – Co-op sponsored BBQ and garden party, MH Public Library, 5-8 p.m. June 18 – Stitching in the Afternoon, MH Public Library, 1:30-3:30 p.m. June 18 – Wheel to Work & Play trail grand re-opening. Police Point Park Nature Centre, 7 p.m. ... Read More »

mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@MHNmocranker For the first time in his life, Ralph Browne got to take a seat, relax and enjoy an entire concert full of his students as a spectator. Saturday evening marked the appreciation concert held in honour of Browne’s 30 years of work in the Medicine Hat music community – there was not an empty ... Read More »

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Medicine Hat Mavericks have found themselves in a rut, but head coach Tom Vessella says they hold the tools to dig their way out. The Mavericks followed up a 15-3 loss to the Beavers Saturday in Weyburn with a spirited effort in an eventual 5-4 setback to the Moose Jaw Miller Express on ... Read More »

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Eight years ago, Kurt Bensmiller made history by setting the World Professional Chuckwagon Association track record in Medicine Hat — but on Sunday he finally became the Gas City champion.  After reaching the championship heat for the fourth time in the past nine seasons, the two-time reigning world champion managed to edge brother-in-law Vern ... Read More »

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken The Barrie Shave Tennis Classic offers participants and spectators a wide range of reasons to get involved – from sons and dads competing together over Father’s Day weekend, to simply enjoying the warm weather with friends – but the one that stands out above the rest is the chance to come together as a ... Read More »

It is easy to jump on the bandwagon of bashing Justin Trudeau, but unfortunately for the federal Liberal Party strategists who are the faceless, nameless people actually running the country, the current prime minister is giving critics the keys and open back gate to that wagon. As a politician or at least a figurehead representative ... Read More »

Canadians have reached tax freedom day, according to calculations by the Fraser Institute. This means from Jan. 1 until now all that you have earned this year has been to pay government taxes. From now on what you earn is for your personal needs and enjoyment. The Fraser Institute, an independent, research organization with four ... Read More »

Canadians have reached tax freedom day, according to calculations by the Fraser Institute. This means from Jan. 1 until now all that you have earned this year has been to pay government taxes. From now on what you earn is for your personal needs and enjoyment. The Fraser Institute, an independent, research organization with four ... Read More »

It seems to me a question of the supervised consumption site comes down to who has “skin in the game.” That is, those who have lost loved ones to addiction, those who are in active addiction and those who live in the downtown core close to where the site location is.  There are those of ... Read More »

I am a regular walker (20-plus years) on the trails around the Stampede grounds. Off the northeast corner of the grounds is Leinwebber Park and its little pond. The pond has a nice sign beside it telling about the protected leopard frogs. Every spring for years one would be greeted by the “frog song” of ... Read More »

Re: “Sketchy numbers from local representatives,” May 8 Wow, Fred Lewis, that’s quite a letter you wrote. The title of the letter above yours was “Resist the hatred.” Maybe the News can tell you next time so it doesn’t seem too ironic. We all get it. You don’t like Mr. Barnes or Mr. Clugston. Fair ... Read More »