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Medicine Hat News Coaldale RCMP have laid charges in an August fatal collision. A total of 15 charges have been laid on a Lethbridge resident following a two-vehicle collision north of Coalhurst on Highway 3, at the interchange of Highway 3A. On Aug. 21 at 12:05 a.m., Coaldale RCMP responded alongside fire and EMS on ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The application that would allow for 20 temporary overnight spaces at the Mustard Seed Community Impart Centre on Allowance Avenue has been denied, as of the Jan. 15 municipal planning commission meeting. The recommended motion as put forward by the MPC was to approve the application for six months, subject to several conditions, including ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Students attending Medicine Hat College have until the end of the month to apply for four scholarships currently available to financially support post-secondary education. Application deadline for scholarships – including the Jason Lang Scholarship, Laurence Decore Award for Student Leadership, Alberta Indigenous Careers Award and the Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Scholarship – is Jan. ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Boxing Club’s headline local event is celebrating a milestone this weekend. The local boxing club is hosting the 20th annual Nieman/Page memorial Alberta Silver Gloves this weekend, with two shows on Saturday and one Sunday at the Medicine Hat Lodge. Medicine Hat Boxing Club coach Kerry Fahlman says they have more ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have put on quite the show picking up their first four-game winning streak of the season. The Tigers are in a lull on the schedule, following five games in eight nights, where the Tabbies won the last four games of the stretch for the longest win streak of the season. ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Mat Ward is taking advantage of the new landscape of junior hockey. The Medicine Hat Tigers overage forward has committed to play at Northern Michigan University Wilcats next season upon the completion of his WHL career, as announced by the Tigers on Jan. 9. The Kamloops product is the first Tiger to commit to ... Read More »

The City of Medicine Hat’s food waste management pilot project has been completed and now the city wants citizens’ input to determine the value of the plan and what to do next. Around 4,000 homes were involved in the project from April through December. Those taking part were asked to place all their food waste ... Read More »

Are you familiar with the term ‘chef’s table’? If not, let me give you a textbook definition of what it means. According to Black Box Intelligence a chef’s table is an “exclusive seating arrangement providing diners with a behind-the-scenes look at the culinary process. It often includes a personalized, multi-course menu prepared and presented by ... Read More »

As your provincial representative for Cypress-Medicine Hat, I am filled with optimism as we begin this new year together. Our community’s strength lies in the connections we forge, and I am deeply humbled by the trust you have placed in me to serve as your voice. In the coming months, we are planning several events ... Read More »

Dear 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 »

Dear 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 »

Dear editor, My heart sank yet again when I read the story in the Thursday, Dec. 12 News that four people were killed in a crash on Highway 3 east of Grassy Lake on the Tuesday morning. The story says an RCMP collision reconstructionist is investigating the cause of the collision, so it’s hard and ... Read More »