bmiller@medicinehatnews.com More than 70 parents and guardians of students who attend Webster Niblock School heard Thursday from Medicine Hat Public School Division staff, as two local elementaries are scheduled for closure. The meeting was the second in as many nights and is part of the division’s engagement process with parents as it looks to close ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society will host on Saturday the annual Vigil for the National Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women, honouring those lost to gender-based violence. Held at Medicine Hat College, the vigil will take place from 4:30-6:30pm. Everyone in the community is invited to attend this event, which ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com During the first public Municipal Planning Commission meeting following the election, members approved rezoning and development permits changing specific parcels along Southlands Drive into medium density residential to allow development of semi-detached duplexes with included basement suites. In two separate proposals, New Tab Homes is seeking to rezone the vacant parcels of land located ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Who will have the honour of unleashing the teddy bears Saturday night? The News anonymously polled Medicine Hat Tigers players and coaches for their predictions of who will score the fateful first goal at the Medicine Hat News Teddy Bear Toss game at Co-op Place against the Wenatchee Wild. A total of 15 players ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb All gas, no breaks for the Medicine Hat Tigers who kicked December off with a bang. The Tigers continued the winnings ways they ended November with in a big way, beating up on the East division-leading Prince Albert Raiders 7-1 Wednesday night at Co-op Place to extend their winning streak to five games. It ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are getting close to seeing their full lineup. The Tigers have two skaters nearing a return after missing the month of November. Forward Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and defenceman Niilopekka Muhonen both missed all of the Tigers’ games in November and were also out of the lineup Wednesday when they hosted the ... Read More »

Premier Danielle Smith’s lovefest with Prime Minister Mark Carney leading to last week’s memorandum of understanding regarding pipeline construction from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast apparently didn’t go over well with much of the party faithful at the weekend’s AGM of the United Conservative Party. As the premier talked to the crowd in Edmonton about ... Read More »

While in Toronto for a work-related conference, I attended a presentation that talked about loneliness and its impact on Canadians. According to the YMCA Connections Snapshot from August 2025, “Only 4 in 10 Canadians surveyed feel a sense of connection and belonging in their community.” They go on to say ur young people are reporting ... 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 »

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 »