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bmiller@medicinehatnews.com It was a Friday morning full of programming and problem solving for several local students who participated in a robotics workshop held by volunteer members of Best Buy’s Geek Squad Academy. The workshop, open to Grade 4-6 students at Crestwood STEM School, taught students the basic algorithms and programming skills needed to guide a ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Graduating students whose cultural background includes First Nations, Métis and Inuit were honoured during a traditional graduation ceremony last week at Monsignor McCoy High School. The school’s second Indigenous Graduation Ceremony celebrated grads in a meaningful way by gifting each graduate a blanket and a hand-beaded lanyard, which they will wear as they walk ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The City of Medicine Hat is ready to offer the Medicine Hat Stampede half the costs of a grandstand replacement and expansion, if the ag society considers a smaller design envelope, puts more direct cash toward to the cost and avoids a no-interest loan in an original financing deal with provincial approval. The issue ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It’s been a long road, with too many ups and downs to keep track of, but Oasiz Wiesblatt finally got the moment he’s been searching five years for. After a full career in the WHL, through a global pandemic, a CHL-worst season and a pair of first-round exits, the Medicine Hat Tigers’ captain helped ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Before the WHL Playoffs started, Medicine Hat Tigers goaltending coach Matt Wong asked for some help. He said a prayer, not for the Tigers to win the Ed Chynoweth Cup, but for a special moment to happen. “I said, ‘God, winning a championship won’t change my life, but it might change some of these ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Welcome back to Medicine Hat, Ed, it’s been a long time coming. The Medicine Hat Tigers captured their sixth Ed Chynoweth Cup on Friday, beating the Spokane Chiefs 4-2 in Game 5 of the WHL Championship series to climb atop the Western Hockey league for the first time since 2007. It’s a championship tally ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant The Prince of Wales Trophy and Clarence Campbell Bowl lead lonely existences, shunned by their owners for fear a mere touch would jinx their ultimate chances at the Stanley Cup. Don’t expect the same treatment for the Ed Chynoweth Cup by the winner of the Western Hockey League. They are sure to grab it, ... Read More »

I’ve never been much for book reviews – and it’s not going to become a habit – but if you’re into Canadian history in rapid-fire, short doses, a book put together by the Toronto Globe & Mail staff might be one for you. Titled ‘A Nation’s Paper,’ the book features 30 chapters on a wide ... Read More »

People will often ask me how I decide on the topics I write on, or if I ever run out of article ideas. The answer is I never run out of things to say, and I write on what I am passionate about. Often the topics come to me via news or journal articles, books ... Read More »

Dear editor, It’s time those who say we should become the 51st state begin to understand Canadian history and geography. Canada’s southern border divides us from those with differing views and expectations – it is a totally appropriate and wonderful boundary. Those who seek to dissolve it like the Orange Autocrat and the supposed one-fifth ... Read More »

Dear editor, Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged against us all. Rents are skyrocketing. Mortgage rates are unpredictable. Buying a home is beyond reach. In our own community, there just isn’t enough housing for it to be ... Read More »

Dear editor, I’m sure you have noticed the dusty, dirty, polluted, unhealthy springtime air in Medicine Hat caused by the thick layer of sand/dirt layered on city streets over the winter. It is terribly unhealthy for city residents with any type of breathing, sinus or allergy conditions. These layers upon layers of sand/dirt on the ... Read More »