Local News
Medicine Hat breaks city record for most city council candidates
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 19th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Next month’s municipal election will have the longest ballot in city history. This year’s election has now surpassed the 20-year record for council candidates. At end of day Thursday 37 candidates had filed to run for city council, breaking the previous record of 36, set in 2001. Steven Pudwell and Michael Starner are the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Emergency call centre praised at police commission Wednesday
By BRENDAN MILLER on September 19th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Roles of the city’s emergency call centre and dispatchers were highlighted Wednesday at the Medicine Hat Police Commission’s first public meeting since May Following a report on two high-profile arrests made during the month of August provided to commissioners by Insp. Jason Graham, Coun. Robert Dumanowski brought up the call centre’s role in handling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province investigating water storage infrastructure improvements in southern Alberta
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 19th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Alberta’s government is undertaking a review of water storage infrastructure in the southern Alberta region. The province has hired engineering consulting firm WSP Canada to study whether a dam and a reservoir should be built on the Belly River. WSP will also be asked to suggest possible improvements to the Waterton and St. Mary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medalta’s ‘Cross the Ocean’ blends contrasting, yet complimentary styles of local artists in one exhibit
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on September 19th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medalta’s Yuill Family Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition that brings viewers into a surprisingly tactile and immersive world. The two artists, Yulin Wang and Poul Nielsen, both longtime Medicine Hat residents, have exhibited together multiple times over the years, including in China, the United States and here in Canada, making the collection title ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lethbridge man charged after chasing man with knife, axe in Medicine Hat
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 19th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Four charges have been laid after Medicine Hat police responded to a report of a male being chased by another male armed with a knife and an axe on Tuesday. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. at the 800 block of 14th Street NE. When officers responded to the call, the suspect was armed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City gets green light to draft to new multi-use trail
By BRENDAN MILLER on September 19th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The city will begin preliminary designs of a potential new multi-use trail to connect the hamlet of Desert Blume and Heron Crossing. The project’s price tag is estimated to top $1 million, however the city could potentially find savings through a generous land donation and collaboration with Cypress County. Councillors this week approved a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Council candidate unabashed in plans to tackle issues like ‘unhousable’
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on September 19th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Council candidate Stephen Campbell simply wants to do his part to keep Medicine Hat a beautiful place to live, both for himself and for generations to come. Municipal politics has always been something Campbell wanted to pursue, though he wouldn’t consider himself a traditional politician. This is his second time running for council, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatter man wins 322 km race in Crowsnest Pass
By ZOE MASON on September 19th, 2025
zmason@medicinehatnews.com Keith Harder, a dedicated runner from Medicine Hat, took top spot in a 200-mile ultramarathon race in Crowsnest Pass this week. The Divide 200 race spanned several days starting Sept. 12, and saw runners gain more than 12,000 metres of elevation over 322 kilometres. Harder, a father to two daughters aged 6 and 8, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utility rate governance options require additional information: council
By BRENDAN MILLER on September 18th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Council will let the next group decide the future of the city’s energy business. Members this week approved a motion to defer any decisions or planning toward creation of municipally controlled corporation and rate review committee as part of the Energy Business Strategic Review after requesting additional information be provided by staffers. Councillors received ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s Old News: On air – CHAT hits TV in the Hat
By Medicine Hat News on September 18th, 2025
@MedicineHatNews The arrival of local television on Sept. 13, 1957 brought with it promises of World Series games (on tape) but the promise of a live Grey Cup final later in the fall. It also brought he first “TV Guide” of sorts to Hatters who were treated to 12 broadsheet pages of stories – headlined ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tribute to veterans, commemorative crosswalk approved
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on September 18th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The city will paint a veterans crosswalk between city hall and Riverside Veterans’ Memorial Park and could potentially approve other non-standard crosswalk marking in future after councillors approved a motion during open council Monday. The commemorative crosswalk will be in a similar design as other communities who have painted sidewalks, likely using red and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
