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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com City staff have requested an extension until the fourth quarter of 2026 to provide council an update on the Unsightly Property Bylaw in order to deal with more pressing matters. The request was made Thursday by managing director of development and infrastructure, Pat Bohan, during a related city committee meeting. Staff are hoping to ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com sees the launch of the Winter StoryWalk, a collaboration between the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program and the Medicine Hat Public Library. Until Feb. 28, participants are encouraged to take a walk through Police Point Park and read this year’s book of choice, Snowmen At Night by Caralyn Buehner. Every child who completes the StoryWalk ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Arpit Dave, 38, of Medicine Hat faces two charges following an investigation into a sexual offence involving a youth last year. Police say Dave allegedly engaged in sexual contact with a youth who was employed by him at a business located in the 1800 block of Strachan Road between September and December 2025. As ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Veeti Väisänen’s second run with Finland at the World Juniors was a vastly different experience than his first. The Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman and Finland finished fourth in the U20 tournament, losing 6-3 to Canada on Jan. 9 in the bronze medal final. He played in all seven of Finland’s games, held off the ... Read More »

Medicine Hat News Minutes and seconds, inches and moments, the Medicine Hat Tigers were bits away from pulling out a win Friday night. The Tigers, in Saskatoon for the first of a two-game road trip, led the Blades 1-0 with a little over 10 minutes left in the third. They grabbed another lead and were ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers are taking the battle for the Eastern conference on the road this weekend. The Tigers have a pair of games in Saskatchewan starting tonight in Saskatoon against the Blades before they face the Eastern conference and East division-leading Prince Albert Raiders on Saturday at the Art Hauser Centre. “It’s exciting, ... Read More »

It has been 977 days since the 2023 general election in Alberta, which means it’s been 887 days since Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP government promised to have fixed the health-care system. For someone with experience in media – and someone who once crossed a picket line to keep the Calgary Herald flowing – you’d think ... Read More »

Happy New Year and hope everyone enjoyed a much-needed break over the holidays! This week’s chart will be interesting to readers in the Medicine Hat area as well as other smaller cities as it highlights that population growth is shifting from Canada’s largest cities (Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver shown in the chart on the left) ... Read More »

I have learned when you start to share your life experiences it is important to follow through and keep sharing even if you are tired and not sure you have the energy to do it. So, to those people who have approached me asking how my partner is doing or are wondering and have not ... Read More »

Dear editor, I wish to congratulate the Carney government for their efforts to expand our export business. It may have hurt Ontario a little but has helped the farmers, pulp industry and the fishing industry. We are one country and we should be willing to help everyone. Hopefully more help will come for the auto ... Read More »

Dear editor, We talk a lot about the cost of living – housing, groceries, fuel, childcare. But there’s a cost we rarely name, even though it drains people daily: the emotional cost of working under a toxic boss. For many, the workplace is not just a source of income; it’s where they spend the second ... Read More »

Dear editor, “Canada is a Country of Immigrants,” that is what my father always said to me. Canada is rich because of it. My family on my father’s side were refugees from the United States of America and came in 1778. They were United Empire Loyalists. They fought against the Americans in the Loyalist War ... Read More »