@@CollinGallant The City of Medicine Hat is now closing a deal to buy one of the largest solar fields ever proposed in Western Canada, but when it might be built is still a work in progress, say city officials. The deal between the city’s energy division and Irish renewables developer DP Energy was approved Tuesday
Read More »@MedicineHatNews City council has begun the process to borrow $51.7 million to fund an initial batch of utility construction projects over the next two years. That includes work to twin a main water line feeding the south end and about one-third of households, and secure river-bank erosion near the city’s sewage treatment plant in 2026. ... Read More »
36 mins agoasmith@medicinehatnews.com While they’ve promised no ivories will be stolen, the performers behind Piano Heist promise nothing about hearts as they hit the Esplanade this coming Monday. In a one-part musical performance and one-part comedy, performers Nico Rhodes and Patrick Courtin will be proving to Medicine Hat audiences that piano is still cool, as they take ... Read More »
36 mins agonewsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi told reporters Thursday that allegations that the UCP government interfered in procurement practices in the province’s health ministry are the “most shocking allegations that I have ever seen,” and called for Smith to resign if proven factual. Nenshi is also calling for a full RCMP investigation and public inquiry ... Read More »
36 mins agojtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are back at home with very little rest for the Eastern conference leaders. The Tigers return to action tonight, hosting the Swift Current Broncos before the East division-leading Prince Albert Raiders roll into Co-op Place on Saturday. They head into the weekend still holding onto that No. 1 spot in ... Read More »
36 mins agosports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Curling Club hosted their annual open senior’s bonspiel over the weekend. The weekend slate, which started Jan. 31 and wrapped up on Feb. 2, featured a senior division (50+) and a masters division (65+). Ed Gertner’s team of Bob Biberdorf, Murray Campbell and Cliff Byanton was the Masters winner. Glen Smeby’s ... Read More »
1 day agojtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Matthew Schafer wanted to keep his jersey design simple and clean, allowing the Medicine Hat Tigers logo to do all the work. The 12-year-old from Medicine Hat submitted his proposal for the CHL’s jersey design contest, drawing up what he thought the Tigers, his favourite team, would look good in. A couple of months ... Read More »
1 day agoI want to follow up with an article I wrote in October regarding my love of thrifting. Remember, thrifting is “the activity of looking for or buying goods from thrift stores or other places that sell used things such as clothes, books, or furniture,” according to the Cambridge Dictionary. I mentioned I wanted to get ... Read More »
2 days agoThat hockey fans in Ottawa booed the Star Spangled Banner at the start of the Senators-Minnesota game last Saturday wasn’t really a shocker, but the fact fans in Calgary didn’t do the same thing a few hours later was a bit surprising. Why should Canadians show respect and honour to the anthem of a nation ... Read More »
2 days ago@@CollinGallant The end of January has been a trip down memory lane for “the media” as it attempt to get a grip on what’s coming out of Washington, D.C. A tariff threat from the once and new U.S. President Donald Trump was supposed to happen on inauguration day, then maybe not oil, or maybe two ... Read More »
6 days agoDear editor: We cannot allow the Alberta government to proceed with a planned cull of 30 Alberta Mountain Horse stallions and the contraception of 90 Alberta Mountain Horse mares, rendering them infertile for up to five years or possibly longer. They have not provided sufficient evidence related to our province and these horses to substantiate ... Read More »
1 day agoDear 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 »
3 weeks agoDear 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 »
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