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ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi When the Crescent Heights High School class of 2021 throw caps in the air, a Vikings football player will deliver the valedictorian speech for the first time since the football club started in 1968. Easton Nugent is the starting centre and also plays interior defensive lineman for the Vikings and excelled on and off ... Read More »

Local political observers say the UCP government is in trouble as the divisions in the party came to a head with the party’s MLA from the Peace Country and caucus chair penned a scathing letter released Thursday. Todd Loewen blamed the caucus dysfunction on Albertans’ perception the government is out of touch and arrogant. He ... Read More »

The Alberta energy sector is still struggling in southeastern Alberta but there is one part that continues its steady growth in the region. Marcus Campbell, owner of Terralta, says after a slow 2020, “solar is back,” adding there are about 35 residential and commercial solar projects in the region going this summer. “This has the ... Read More »

After weeks of silence on the subject, CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie recently announced the 2021 regular season would open Aug. 5. While some of the other major professional leagues can survive on television revenues, the CFL depends on fans in the stands. That being the case it is hard to understand why the commissioner chose ... Read More »

Bow Island product Bodee Weiss has signed with the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Bonnyville Pontiacs starting next season. The netminder currently plays for South Alberta Hockey Academy’s U18 prep team and says the signing was “A bit of a confidence booster, (and) just kind of emphasized making that next step and actually putting pen to ... Read More »

The stands may have been empty, but Co-op Place was still filled with emotion on Thursday evening following the final Medicine Hat Tigers game of the season. Tabby veterans Ryan Chyzowski, Brett Kemp and Cole Clayton closed the book on their Western Hockey League careers in a 3-0 loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings on ... Read More »

The first rule of Internet safety: Create a strong password! Creating strong passwords may seem like a daunting task, especially when the recommendation is to have a unique password for each site you visit. Anyone would be overwhelmed if they had to create and memorize multiple passwords like Yt9v-43QS53^rW. You may be using one identical ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat News has reported on this region for more than 135 years, including its first 20-year period when it was part of the North West Territories. The paper reported on the formation of the province in 1905, the First World War as well as the last major pandemic to hit the region following ... Read More »

his was the first time in 10 years that I did not recognize my community. It would be unfair to say it wasn’t always there, but rather, I haven’t encountered it to this degree. Perhaps it was the stressors of the pandemic, the threat of livelihoods or businesses being lost. Perhaps it was the fact ... Read More »

Dear editor, Recently, I was hospitalized due to COVID-19. I am only 16 years old and the stress and uncertainty of having a dangerous illness with rare symptoms, along with being alone in the hospital is something I did not know how to cope with. I would like to give the biggest thanks to the ... Read More »

Dear editor, In response to Mr. Larry Samcoe’s May 6 editorial, “Alberta in Confederation.” Mr. Samcoe repeats, and seems to believe, the old standby lie of the perpetually aggrieved among some conservatives when he comments on the source of federal government equalization payments, stating “…tax revenues from Alberta have been the primary contributor…” Do not ... Read More »

Dear editor, In response to Kym Porter’s May 1 letter, “Overdose deaths a cause for great concern.” Although I haven’t been personally affected by the addiction/overdose crisis, I still understand the callous politics involved with this most serious social issue: Just government talk about funding to make proper treatment available to low – and no-income ... Read More »