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jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel Medicine Hat College’s department chair of health and human services has been charged with assault. Richard Gregory, 63, who received the Canadian Association of Social Workers’ Distinguished Service Award in May, appeared in provincial court Tuesday. He allegedly committed the offence on April 25, 2018, although the charge wasn’t laid until Oct. 24 of ... Read More »

jappel@medicinehatnews.com@MHNJeremyAppel The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education’s nutrition program will be back up and running next week after funding uncertainties caused it to be put on hold for the first two months of the semester. St. Francis Xavier principal Nick Gale is overseeing the program, which will provide students with free lunches at his ... Read More »

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant New rules on how cannabis production facilities are assessed for local taxes could mean new revenue for the City of Medicine Hat, but it might not be a bonanza, according to local finance officials. On Wednesday, Municipal Affairs Minister Kayce Madu announced that cannabis production facilities will be written out of an exemption for ... Read More »

As they helped with the ice crew at last week’s World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, members of the South East Athletic Club’s bantam AAA team inevitably saw the scouts in the stands, looking for future stars of the game. With their hometown 16-team tournament set to start tonight there won’t be as many people taking notes, ... Read More »

A handful of Medicine Hat-area girls helped the Southern Express midget hockey team to a tournament win in Regina this past weekend. Goaltender Hayley Whelen and sisters Brookelyn, Madison and Kennedy King from the Gas City, Irvine netminder Devyn Amundson and Duchess’ Kendal Pierson are among the regional representation on the elite-level squad this season, ... Read More »

The Parkside Pythons were a score away from playing in a provincial final. On Saturday at the Methanex Bowl, the local bantam football team fell 21-20 to the Stettler Cougars in a Tier 2 semifinal matchup. The Pythons had advanced by beating the Medicine Hat Hawks 48-31 on Nov. 2, while Stettler beat Sylvan Lake ... Read More »

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@collingallant The call to arms for municipal government is to help the plight of home owners in the arenas of property taxes, planning, the general cost of living and all manner of mundane day-to-day life, from garbage collection to where a bus stop is placed. Perhaps its time to expand that fight to include renters, ... Read More »

Classy Don Cherry has turned Canada’s national day of remembrance into a Twitter debate on racism and freedom of speech. In the process, he’s been fired by Sportsnet. “You people … you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or ... Read More »

Peter Downing, the man pushing Wexit Canada, the federal branch of the Western Canada Sovereignty Movement, may be becoming an important figure in Alberta politics. Never heard of him? According to an Aug. 25 National Post story he was a former RCMP officer and soldier who has been in politics on a provincial level. Seemingly ... Read More »

Re: “CPC’s social conservative culture led to Scheer’s loss,” Nov. 6 Should I thank you, Mr. Thomsen for your “informed” and “well thought out” perspective on religion and politics? Should I appreciate your free-flowing insights as they meandered aimlessly between political anti-conservatism and theological anti-theism? I do agree with you that perhaps the reference to ... Read More »

The recent climate strikes by students in Medicine Hat, and indeed around the world, have served to nudge us out of our lull. Climate conversations are happening in homes, classrooms, staff rooms, and cafes. Severe weather events, disappearing ice, rising sea water, species extinctions… the trend is increasingly obvious, even to former deniers. There is ... Read More »

Re: “Out of the frying pan and into a cluttered garage,” Nov. 2 I enjoyed reading the article on Bob Wanner, our previous Medicine Hat MLA. Some of his contributions were noted, but as with exceptional people, there were far more exceptional merits and accomplishments by him. Raised on a farm in southern Saskatchewan, educated ... Read More »