asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta gave out $568,052 to charities and organizations through its Fall 2025 granting cycle, celebrated at the annual Chair’s Reception. A total of $199,877 was awarded through CFSEA’s Community Grants program, $118,156 of which was directed to charities in Medicine Hat and Redcliff. “Community Grants reflect the generosity of ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Following a busy online shopping weekend and with Christmas quickly approaching, police are warning residents of a higher volume of package thefts, commonly known as ‘porch piracy.’ To help residents keep gifts and online purchases secure this season, the RCMP has offered practical tips to reduce the risk of stolen deliveries. Mounties say it’s ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is returning for a third year in a row to feature a local animal made festive with their ornament making workshop. This year’s animal to be brought to life is a badger, which participants will create as a felt ornament. Previous years have included a snowy owl and a beaver. ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College men’s basketball team defended home court in their last weekend before the Holiday break. The Rattlers beat the Northwestern Polytechnic 88-67 Friday and downed the King’s University Eagles 92-57 on Saturday, both wins coming at the Snake Pit. In the win Friday, Kieran Isnor had 18 points, Wol Wol notched ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U17AAA South East Tigers took care of business this weekend. The Tigers won their only game of the weekend, soundly beating the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-1 at home Sunday. Rhyder Arnold had two goals and one assist, Trevin Ibach had a goal and an assist and all three of Tryp McFadzen, Illya ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tigers capped off a successful November with a pair of wins. The Tigers won both games of their two-game Saskatchewan road trip, taking a nick out of the Saskatoon Blades with a 9-3 win Friday before downing the East division-leading Prince Albert Raiders 3-2 on Saturday. The win in Prince Albert ... Read More »

We receive a lot of questions about Artificial Intelligence focused companies. Specifically, whether the U.S. stock market is in an AI bubble akin to what occurred in the late 1990’s with the dotcom bubble. Our answer is nuanced as one never knows with 100% certainty if they’re in an investment bubble until after the bubble ... Read More »

It seems every time I scroll through social media, somebody somewhere has posted that they have lost their cat or they have a wandering cat living in their yard. A little piece of my heart is broken every time a person post that it has been days or even weeks and their cat has not ... Read More »

A slight case of driver inattention while travelling at 100 km/h might not cause a collision with a fellow driver who happens to pull onto a highway without looking, but chances of that collision would be increased if that vehicle were going 110 km/h or 120. Now, Alberta’s minister of highways, Devin Dreeshen, is floating ... Read More »

Dear editor, The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centres.” Our hospitals already have underused surgical suites because of not enough medical staff. Dr. Paul Parks (previous president of the Alberta Medical Association and Medicine Hat ER Physician) has said the Medicine ... Read More »

* Submitted before Wednesday’s strike announcement Dear editor, As Alberta inches closer to another union versus government negotiation, the UCP “tactical misinformation machine” is revving up and shifting to high gear. I speak of course of the looming dispute between AUPE’s nursing care union and the Alberta government, including the erroneous statements made by Finance ... Read More »

Dear editor, Quebec has abundant hydro power (electricity) and Alberta has abundant natural gas. During a recent relatively minor snow storm, electric power was out in large areas of Quebec. Many homes and businesses lost electric power. Forty-six thousand homes were still without power a few days later. Heating, refrigerators, deep freezers, lighting etc. were ... Read More »