Medicine Hat city hall seen from the southwest corner. — News File Photo ZOE MASON & ANNA SMITHMedicine Hat NewsWith final council results rolling in late Wednesday night, the face of city governance for the next four years has been decided. Bill Cocks, Cheryl Phaff, Dan Reynish and Brian Varga will fill the final four ... Read More »

The 1992 Toronto Blue Jays stormed through baseball, capturing the sport’s crowning achievement 16 seasons after joining Major League Baseball. In 1991 the Blue Jays finished first in the American League East division, the first of a three-year stretch atop the six-team division. They lost in the American League Championship series, falling in five games ... Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com After the dust settled and votes tallied, Hatters decided to re-elect Linnsie Clark as their mayor for another four-year term, and the only incumbent returning to council chambers in November. Although official election results won’t be posted until noon Friday, Clark received 5,844 votes in a close race against former MLA Drew Barnes, who ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews He is the brightest star to come into the league since Doug Flutie. And, he’s a Canadian. Nicknamed “Kid Canada” at Ohio University, Nathan Rourke has become Captain Canada today with an excellent chance to lead his B.C. Lions to the Grey Cup and winning the CFL Most Outstanding Player Award along the way. ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Fire Dragon Taekwondo dojang won big last weekend in Edmonton. The local athletes attended the 40th annual Grand Master K.H. Min Taekwondo tournament in Edmonton on Oct. 18, with owners and coaches Master Mark Pellerin and Master Annie taking 13 athletes to compete against 432 other athletes in varying age divisions. Three Hatters ... Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers won the battle of the Cats Wednesday night. The Tigers picked up their first win of the six-game B.C. Division road trip with a 6-3 win at Prince George over the Cougars. They came into the mid-week contest off a 3-1 loss in Vancouver to the Giants on ... Read More »

Never in my life have I entered a voting booth so unsure of the X marks I was about to make. For mayor, no problem. Six candidates, enough knowledge on all of them to make an informed choice. But 39 hopefuls for eight seats on city council? The roadside signs didn’t help, other than cement ... Read More »

Like many, we have chosen not to travel outside of Canada for obvious reasons. Some of those reasons include ridiculously high prices, a weak Canadian dollar, and current government nonsense. This has made us look within our own province for places to visit. During the recent long weekend our friend group travelled to Rosebud and ... Read More »

If you thought the chaos and dysfunction around Medicine Hat’s city council table over the last four years was bad, the City of Kamloops simply says, ‘hold my beer. I’ll show you chaos and dysfunction.’ The situation in Kamloops was far worse, making the Medicine Hat schmozzle resemble a playground spat by comparison. In 2022, ... Read More »

Dear editor, The only logical conclusion I can reasonably resolve regarding the current political system is devastation. Every policy and decision appears to cause impairment opposed to progress and advancement. We are transparently witnessing the weakening of our health care, housing, food supply, freedom of speech, charter of rights, medical freedoms, economy, criminal laws, and ... Read More »

(In response to Michael Seitz, Oct.1, Medicine Hat News, Letter to the Editor) Dear editor, I am writing in response to recent accusations regarding the transparency and practices of our Board. It is important to address these directly, as accountability and open communication are values that guide our work. This Board has made significant progress ... Read More »

Dear editor, It is past time for term limits to be set for the length of time individuals are allowed to serve on city council. A maximum of two terms, eight years, should be sufficient and be allowed. When a person runs for council, simply saying the usual, “I plan to increase economic activity or ... Read More »