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Tough sleddin’ out there for motorists on Thursday
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 12th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The national forecaster issued a moderate advisory for blowing snow in southeast Alberta on Thursday morning due the combination of fresh snow and winds gusting up to 60 km/h. Environment Canada says conditions will improve today, however motorists were advised to postpone any non-essential travel due to freezing rain leading to icy road and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Annual charity drive for young girl’s birthday raises more than $10,000 for Santa Claus Fund
By ZOE MASON on December 12th, 2025
zmason@medicinehatnews.com For 12-year-old Hatter Charlotte Shemko, the end of the year not only marks the holidays, but her birthday season. For as long as she can recall, both her birthday and the holidays have been about giving. Since Shemko was only three years old, she has foregone a typical party for her late-November birthday and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auditor general blasts provincial health reporting
By ZOE MASON on December 12th, 2025
zmason@medicinehatnews.com A new report by the province’s Auditor General found health-care performance reporting has failed to meet legal standards. Auditor General Doug Wylie says AHS reporting was “inconsistent” and “not high-quality.” The report attributes some of this failure to the lack of consistency in the province’s health-care leadership, with the AHS board being dismissed in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recall petition for Smith made official
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on December 11th, 2025
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The recall petition for Premier Danielle Smith in her riding of Brooks-Medicine Hat was officially issued Wednesday. Alongside new recall campaigns for Rebecca Schulz, Calgary-Shaw MLA and minister of Environment and Protected Areas, and Nate Glubish, Strathcona-Sherwood Park MLA and minister of Technology and Innovation, Smith makes 20 of the UCP’s 47-member caucus now ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province maintains AISH changes good for disabled community
By ZOE MASON on December 11th, 2025
zmason@medicinehatnews.com The UCP government on Tuesday passed its omnibus financial statutes bill that contains sweeping changes to the province’s disability benefit. Bill 12, the Financial Statutes Amendment Act, includes legislation that will implement the government’s changes to the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program and establish the parallel Alberta Disability Assistance Plan. Premier Danielle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New study at the University of Lethbridge looks to understand ADHD in sports; seeking participants
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 11th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A master’s student at the University of Lethbridge is launching a new study to explore the experience of youth with ADHD in sports, and she is looking for volunteers to participate. Researchers are seeking a minimum of 300 people to participate in the survey, which is open to any current or former athlete who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province commits $400 million to to build continuing care spaces
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 11th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat News The province unveiled substantial new investments in continuing care Wednesday. The Assisted Living Framework will see the province invest billions over the next 10 years to build tens of thousands of continuing care spaces, including an initial investment of $400 million. At a press conference Wednesday, Premier Danielle Smith said one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire Chief for a Day: Grade 6 student from École Connaught shown ropes
By BRENDAN MILLER on December 11th, 2025
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com On Wednesday morning local firefighters reported to a new chief for duty as they welcomed Grade 6 student Foster Sissons and his mother Yvonne to experience a day in the life of a first responder and participate in life-saving training exercises. Sissons’ day began like any other, however after arriving at École Connaught in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!It’s Old News: Time… out?
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 11th, 2025
There have been many a moment where time stood still at The Arena in Medicine Hat. The birth of the Medicine Hat Tigers, legendary NHL careers started, highlight-reel goals, bone-crunching hits and, more gratifying, five Ed Chynoweth Cup banners raised to the rafters. But in the Tigers’ first season of play in the city, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province makes investment aimed at growing or expanding greenhouse operations
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 11th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com To continue ramping up greenhouse food production in Alberta, the province has introduced a new $10-million three-year Growing Greenhouses accelerator program for the construction or expansion of greenhouses and vertical farms. Ag Minister RJ Sigurdson on Wednesday announced the new funding program, which will also fund technologies that increase food production and improve energy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coun. Cocks appointed as representative to Inter-City Forum on Social Policy
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 11th, 2025
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Coun. Bill Cocks has been appointed to a networking group for cities in the province with a population of more than 10,000 people. Cocks will now represent Medicine Hat on the Inter-City Forum on Social Policy, which serves as a platform for municipal collaboration with other cities and provincial bodies. Examples of key focus ... Read More »
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