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Catholic school staff spend PD day giving back to community
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 13th, 2026
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com During a recent professional development day teachers and staff of the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education rolled up their sleeves to give back to the community. Several staff members spent the day on Mar. 6 preparing meals for the St. Barnabas Church’s Feed the Hungry program, the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society and ... Read More »
1 responseCity launches new transit app
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 13th, 2026
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The City of Medicine Hat launched an app Thursday to help residents plan trips on city transit. The MHTapp combines Medicine Hat Transit’s regular and on-demand transit services into an all-in-one travel hub. “Medicine Hat Transit is committed to providing quality tools which support reliability and value for our riders in everything we do,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trio of students awarded scholarships to fund Peru trip
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 13th, 2026
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Three students studying at Medicine Hat College recently had the opportunity to travel to Lima, Peru for four days on a scholarship to gain insights into how business culture differs from North and South America. During the Feb. 16-20 reading week, Tara Holland, Barrett Long and Janine Zuniga utilized a $3,500 scholarship from University ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City receiving high number of property assessment inquiries
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 13th, 2026
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com City staff and councillors say they are receiving more feedback and questions from residents surrounding increases on their 2026 property tax assessment, mailed out at the end of February. Finance director Lola Barta told members of the Corporate Services Committee the average residential home in Medicine Hat increased $25,000 in market evaluation as of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP’s Renaud, Tory leader Guthrie newest MLAs to face recall petitions
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 13th, 2026
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Two more recall petitions were issued Thursday, targeting opposition MLAs. NDP MLA Marie Renaud is facing a recall petition in her riding of St. Albert, where proponents would need to gather 15,502 signatures to advance her petition. In her application statement, proponent Lilo Forsyth cites Renaud’s support for Bill 24, An Act to Support ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2026 Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival results
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 13th, 2026
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com MONDAY, MARCH 9 TO WEDNESDAY MARCH 11 (13YRS & UNDER ARE NON-COMPETITIVE) SPEECH – Stand-Alone Monologue Solo-15yrs&under – Tanya Acharya – Stand-Alone Monologue Solo-17yrs&under – Jeeya Gupta – Duologue-17yrs&under – Tanya Acharya and Miranda Dube-Vega – Canadian Poetry Solo-15yrs&under – Emily Toews – Canadian Poetry Solo-17yrs & under – Angelina Poddar, Jeeya Gupta – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elections Alberta calls for more civility from all regarding ongoing petitions
By medicinehatnews on March 12th, 2026
Elections Alberta released a statement addressing observed misinformation on the recall and citizen initiative petition processes. It says significant misinformation has been observed in the period since the first citizen initiative petition was approved on June 30, 2025. “Over the same period, Elections Alberta has received canvasser harassment reports from nearly every recall and citizen ... Read More »
1 responseGreen Energy: Local greenhouse to sell power to city
By BRENDAN MILLER on March 12th, 2026
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The City of Medicine Hat will now purchase extra electricity generated by Big Marble Farms’ eight on-site cogeneration generators following a lengthy process to allow the greenhouse to export excess power. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday afternoon to officially mark the new connection to the city’s power grid following years of discussions and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province spending $275 million on various parks upgrades
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 12th, 2026
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Alberta’s government is investing in provincial parks in Budget 2026, which includes $275 million to upgrade trails, expand trailheads and increase campsites and campground amenities. In 2026-27, $87 million will be invested toward more than 70 campground, day-use area and trial enhancement projects. Next year will see an additional $102 million spent on parks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gopher control underway in Brooks
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 12th, 2026
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Crews with the City of Brooks parks department will be conducting gopher control throughout the community until Mar. 27. Unlike Bill Murray’s character ‘Carl Spackler’ in the 1980 comedy film “Caddyshack,” crews won’t be attempting to drown gophers with large water hoses, but instead placing oat and pellet poison into gopher holes in select ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Speech adjudicator impressed with local skill as she makes first visit to Medicine Hat
By ANNA SMITH Local Journalism Initiative on March 12th, 2026
asmith@medicinehatnews.com As the speech portion of the 2026 Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival comes to a close, attendees can look forward to various disciplines in the days to come. This year’s group of speech performers has been absolutely wonderful to witness, said speech adjudicator Cheryl Abma. Amba has been a speech instructor for more than ... Read More »
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