@@CollinGallant Key local leaders in the United Conservative Party say they are in Red Deer to support Premier Danielle Smith in a leadership review, even though they have mixed reasons and mixed reviews of how the government is operating. Another conservative says a signal needs to sent to get Smith’s attention on fiscal, federal and
Read More »news@medicinehatnews.com County residents can now apply for free fire permits, valid for three days, beginning Nov. 1 to March 31, 2025 following a spring/summer fire restriction. The county graduated to a fire restriction in June, not unusual during dry, warm summers, that set restrictions on the kinds of fires allowed, including recreational fires and fireworks, ... Read More »
15 hours agoasmith@medicinehatnews.com Tickets are officially on sale for Medicine Hat Musical Theatre’s latest production, Shirley Valentine. The one-woman play was offered to MHMT by its lead and sole actress, Heather Macnab, and was picked up as a good refresher between two large productions, Jersey Boys and The Play That Goes Wrong. “We just thought it would ... Read More »
15 hours ago@@CollinGallant Key local leaders in the United Conservative Party say they are in Red Deer to support Premier Danielle Smith in a leadership review, even though they have mixed reasons and mixed reviews of how the government is operating. Another conservative says a signal needs to sent to get Smith’s attention on fiscal, federal and ... Read More »
15 hours agosports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Jr High Athletic Association anointed the B and C volleyball league champions this week. In Boys B, the Medicine Hat Christian School Warriors continued their winning ways in the league championship tournament. The Warriors went 25-1 this season and faced the 27-3 Irvine Tigers (Yellow Team) in the championship final. The ... Read More »
15 hours agojtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Monsignor McCoy Colts won a battle of Medicine Hat on the gridiron Friday night. The Colts beat the Crescent Heights Vikings 39-0 in a consolation playoff game. McCoy came into the game off a 17-15 loss in the 4A semifinals to Chinook High School the week prior, Crescent Heights off a 37-6 loss ... Read More »
15 hours agojtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It took only one shift for the newest Medicine Hat Tiger to appreciate what fans have seen the last three seasons, Gavin McKenna is one of a kind. Newly signed forward Carter Cunningham recorded his first WHL goal Wednesday night in the first period of a 4-3 shootout win at Calgary over the Hitmen. ... Read More »
15 hours ago@@CollinGallant Do we need to talk about the U.S. election? Maybe. But what’s there to talk about? Most of the big news in the U.S. race seems to have happened in the summer, and now we just seem to be endlessly looping back to 2020 campaigns (or perhaps 2016), on this or that from either ... Read More »
15 hours agoAn analysis of the diplomatic tensions between India and Canada started before Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing. The hostility towards Canada began in 2018 when Jaspal Singh Atwal, a Canadian Indian and a former member of a Sikh separatist group, attended a dinner hosted during Trudeau’s visit to India and was photographed with Sophie Trudeau, the ... Read More »
3 days agoIf you believe thrifting is the gift that keeps on giving, those words are gospel. Through my twenties, thirties and even my forties, I spent ridiculous amounts of money on brand names and full-price products. Purses, clothing, makeup – you name it, I was buying it. Now well into my fifties, I have taken a ... Read More »
4 days agoDear editor, In Oct. 22’s paper on page A8, a headline read, “Eighteen young Albertans died while receiving intervention services since April. Sixteen were Indigenous.” Firstly, I didn’t understand why this wasn’t front page news. Over the course of five months from April to August of this year, 18 young people died after intervention by ... Read More »
4 days agoDear editor, I have been reading about the city utilities’ latest venture, the takeover of Saamis Solar Park. With a capacity of 325 MW, this would more than double its current generating capacity. Considering Medicine Hat’s current growth rate, I find it hard to assume this extra generating capacity would be for existing local users ... Read More »
4 days agoDear editor, Your recent article in Oct. 24’s paper entitled “Smith promises to review professional regulators, legislate limits,” caused a major upheaval during my breakfast reading. There is often a lively discussion with hubby over various articles, especially lately – case in point the need to wear a tin foil hat due to chemicals raining ... Read More »
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