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bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Dozens of supporters gathered at Medicine Hat College’s Centennial Hall on Thursday to participate in a Memorial March to Highway 1 for missing and murdered indigenous women. The walk was the first official Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People walk held in Medicine Hat to raise awareness around the crisis and ... Read More »

zmason@medicinehatnews.com The provincial government and Emissions Reduction Alberta are investing millions into a series of new tech projects at the intersection of agriculture and energy, including a first-of-its-kind initiative in Coaldale that will turn cow manure into power. The Coaldale project is one of six projects using Emissions Reduction Alberta’s Industrial Transformation Challenge the province ... Read More »

Medicine Hat Police Service has observed an increase in dangerous driving activity in the community and asks residents to do their part to keep the roads safe. Police say incidents have included excessive speeding, reckless driving, road rage incidents, distracted driving, impaired driving and a general lack of regard for other motorists and pedestrians. MHPS ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers have taken the first step to their title defence. The defending WHL champions clinched their spot in the 2026 WHL playoffs with the Red Deer Rebels 6-3 loss Tuesday to the Everett Silvertips, putting the Tigers in the postseason for a fourth straight year. “That’s your first goal, that’s your ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There is no other road the Medicine Hat Cubs want to take to continue their historic season. They want to go through Okotoks. The South division champions get set to face the Bisons in the second round of the HJHL Playoffs, starting Friday with Game 1 at the Kinplex, for the fourth time in ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb While the 2009-born Draft class are trying to take a step in the final month of their first seasons in the Western Hockey League, Landon DuPont is already looking to round out his game. The Everett Silvertips defenceman is in his second WHL season, coming off an historic exceptional status season where he put ... Read More »

In Alberta today, the sign of a broken social contract isn’t hidden – it’s in the line at the local food bank. That line now regularly includes working families with two incomes, people who play by the rules but are being crushed by the affordability crisis. When hard-working households cannot cover groceries, the idea that ... Read More »

Calling all perimenopausal and menopausal ladies, this article is for you. Have you spent days with sinuses that feel like they could explode, a nose that is running a marathon, using eye drops or taking allergy pills like they are candy to alleviate the itching in your eyes? Is your skin itchy? Most days I ... Read More »

Prime Minister Mark Carney stole the show at the Davos Economic Forum attended by world leaders, dazzling them with a dynamic presentation. Everyone except Donald Trump was impressed with his speech in which he outlined the issues facing middle powers like Canada, defined overbearing tactics of superpowers and offered appropriate solutions. Throwing a challenge to ... Read More »

Dear editor, I’m writing regarding our local college’s decision to host a Rebel News Panel. Medicine Hat College’s motto is “Scientia Mentem Sustinet,” which is Latin for “Knowledge Sustains the Mind.” This motto invites a reasonable inquiry into the College’s decision to host Rebel News Panelist Tamara Lich – among others – as a speaker. ... Read More »

Dear editor, Having lived/worked in this region of the Prairies all my life and as a descendant of a NWMP/ranching family that arrived in 1884/86, I am “way past tolerant” with the current Alberta sovereignty and separatist rhetoric. In addition to my family helping settle this region, I had a great uncle who survived the ... Read More »

Dear editor, I would like to thank city council for their vision on going ahead with the Saamis Solar project. It is needed and welcomed by the majority of citizens of Medicine Hat. The minority are always the loudest but that does not make them right. Our premier is doing her best to slow down ... Read More »