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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Premier Danielle Smith announced several changes to cabinet and caucus leadership on New Year’s Eve. Among changes announced Wednesday is a new role for Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Justin Wright, who will become the Chief Government Whip for the United Conservative Caucus. The changes were announced following the resignation of Minister of Environment and Protected ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Facing the new year and a 40th anniversary, the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program also reflects on its past and present. The program first began in 1982, which is also when the Nature Centre located in Police Point Park was first opened. While it is a long time partnership between the City of Medicine Hat ... Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Dozens of families gathered in the gymnasium at the Big Marble Go Centre to ring in the New Year with a balloon drop on Wednesday afternoon. The annual New Year’s Eve Fest was a huge success, according to organizers, attracting hundreds of families and children and offering several free activities including swimming, skating, fitness ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Each calendar year brings change; seasons change the landscape and welcome a new path to be traversed. In the junior hockey world, no year in recent memory brought change like 2025. The NCAA’s rule change regarding junior hockey players, altered in November 2024, saw the Div. I Council vote to lift a previous restriction ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs’ sprint to the playoffs begins this weekend at the Kinplex. They host the High River Flyers (5-22) on Saturday and the Ponoka Stampeders (1-26) on Sunday. Saturday’s game gets underway 7:30 p.m., Sunday’s puck drop at 3 p.m. The Cubs entered the HJHL holiday break with a 12-game win streak, ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The City of Medicine Hat had a sporting year that shined bright from Jan. 1 to the end of the calendar. The Medicine Hat News selected the NCAA rule change allowing CHL players to play Div. I hockey and the exodus of players, including Tiger Gavin McKenna, as the top sports story of 2025. ... Read More »

I was deeply saddened to learn of the massacre of 15 Jews at Bondi Beach, Australia. On the first night of Hannukah, more than 1,000 people had gathered to celebrate, some dancing and banging drums when two individuals opened fire on a crowded group. The incident devastated and shocked not only the Jewish community, but ... Read More »

We’ve all heard the age-old ha-ha about not eating yellow snow, but did you know that eating snow of any colour can be trouble? A typical snowflake has a lot of jagged edges to it, says a story on Axios.com, and when it falls through the atmosphere, it collects “more airborne pollution particles.” A variety ... Read More »

The dot-com bubble burst in March of 2000 when historically high stock market valuations (Price to Earnings ratios) combined with declining earnings growth for companies that comprise the U.S. stock market. This week’s chart examines the relationship between stock market valuations (12-month forward Price to Earnings ratio in blue) and earnings growth for the S&P ... Read More »

Dear editor, Re: Recall Petition for Smith Made Official, Medicine Hat News, Dec. 11. On Premier Smith’s radio show, in April 2024, responding to petitioner Landon Johnston (petitioning to recall Mayor Joti Gondek), she said, “What I’ve observed from the process you’ve gone through is that it’s an extremely high bar,” Smith said. “We know ... Read More »

Dear editor, The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centres.” Our hospitals already have underused surgical suites because of not enough medical staff. Dr. Paul Parks (previous president of the Alberta Medical Association and Medicine Hat ER Physician) has said the Medicine ... Read More »

* Submitted before Wednesday’s strike announcement Dear editor, As Alberta inches closer to another union versus government negotiation, the UCP “tactical misinformation machine” is revving up and shifting to high gear. I speak of course of the looming dispute between AUPE’s nursing care union and the Alberta government, including the erroneous statements made by Finance ... Read More »