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mcranker@medicinehatnews.com@mocranker Hatter Pete Rose has worked just about every job imaginable. He spent time with law enforcement, worked as a painter and served in the military for years – to name a few. Throughout that time, a passion for music stayed with him, and is fueling his latest venture: Round Again Records. Rose opened his ... Read More »

COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in southwest Saskatchewan. On Thursday, a regional vaccine tracker provided on that province’s pandemic response website showed the area closest to southeast Alberta as the last of 13 health regions to receive doses for local distribution. An update on Friday announced 1,102 first doses were administered to people in the region ... Read More »

A local family is facing significant financial strain with their daughter having spinal fusion surgery in Calgary and have set up a GoFundMe page asking for assistance. Syrah Lake, 14, was diagnosed with scoliosis a couple of years ago, and by early 2019 there were significant concerns. Scoliosis is a curving of the spine. In ... Read More »

On a night celebrating the unparalleled accomplishments of broadcaster Bob Ridley, the Medicine Hat Tigers left nothing to chance. Cole Clayton set the stage for the evening to come with a goal and two assists in a four-goal first period, and the Tigers came away with a 7-2 victory. Eager to give Ridley something to ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers returned to the ice after a 353-day hiatus to steal a crazy comeback from the Red Deer Rebels on Friday night at Westerner Park Centrium. After falling into a 4-1 deficit early in the third, Corson Hopwo scored the first hat trick of his career to lead the Tigers all the ... Read More »

rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken Let’s take a trip back in time. It’s 2020 – early March, before all the chaos took hold. COVID-19 is beginning to spread in North America, but optimism and excitement are still very much at the forefront in Medicine Hat as the hometown Tigers approach a home-and-home set with the Swift Current Broncos. Two ... Read More »

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant This week provincial health authority began distributing the coronavirus vaccine to a large portion of the general public. After nearly a year Albertans should rightly see this as the beginning of the end of a long struggle and swift and seemingly titanic change. But the end it is not. The value cannot be overstated ... Read More »

Almost exactly four and a half years ago, I packed up a car full of stuff and drove across the country to start my career. When I first moved to Medicine Hat, I thought I’d be here for a year – tops. Quickly, like so many others, I established a life here and met so ... Read More »

Can we officially lay to rest the myth about deficit spending, crammed down our throats by austerity-drunk “fiscal” conservatives and adopted by centrist and self-proclaimed left-leaning politicians around the world? Honestly. If Thursday’s Alberta budget doesn’t convince people the very idea of balancing the books any time soon is not just a fantasy but a ... Read More »

Dear editor, Fortunately, at a very young age I was emphatically told by my mother (who’s of Eastern European heritage) about the exceptionally kind and caring nature of our Black family doctor. She never had anything disdainful to say about people of colour; in fact she loves to watch and listen to the Middle Eastern and ... Read More »

Dear editor, I believe term limits should be mandated for city council, including the mayor’s office and elected members of council. Two terms should suffice. If you cannot achieve what you set out to achieve in eight years, then something is wrong with your efforts. Staggering the vote so half the members carry forward each ... Read More »

Dear editor, From October to November 2016, Albertans were invited by the NDP government to participate in a provincial Kindergarten to Grade 12 Curriculum Survey. Results from a closed-ended survey of Albertans in 2016 indicated strong support for much of the content in the then-current curriculum across all subjects. However, recently the UCP decided to ... Read More »