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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Saturday morning the city will be hosting a brief ceremonial event outside City Hall to commemorate the installation of a new Veterans’ Crosswalk at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and First Street SE, connecting City Hall to Riverside Veterans’ Memorial Park. The crosswalk to honour Veterans is painted with specialized traffic marking paint in ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The first full moon in November is known as the beaver moon and the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is inviting residents out to properly enjoy it. Participants will walk to Co-op lookout in order to best see the full moon in the sky on Nov. 5, meeting at 5 p.m. to begin the program. ... Read More »

It remains unclear how the medical workforce will be co-ordinated as the province rolls out its restructured health-care system. Last week, the province released a report based on the second round of public engagement regarding the refocusing, which took place from January to May. Recommendations in the report were drawn from 70 sessions across Alberta ... Read More »

Medicine Hat News Second time’s the charm when it comes to overtime. The Medicine Hat Tigers redeemed themselves from a loss Friday with a 4-3, overtime win Saturday at Kelowna over the Rockets. Medicine Hat came into the contest against the 2026 Memorial Cup hosts off a 5-4 overtime loss Friday to the Kamloops Blazers ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It’s been a long road coming for Ethan Neutens. The 20-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers forward made his season debut Friday night in the fourth game of the Tabbies’ six-game B.C. division trip. The Cochrane product missed all of the preseason and the first 12 games of the regular season due to a lower-body injury ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Minor Softball Association had a member of the board receive a provincial merit award. Scott Kelly, vice president of admin and director at large of Medicine Hat Minor Softball, was selected as one of the 2025 Zone 1 Provincial Merit Award recipients. Kelly has been on the MHMSA executive for five ... Read More »

This week’s chart shows the return of the S&P 500 following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut over ten interest rate cycles since 1974. Notice there are only two observations (2001 & 2007) where the S&P 500 was lower two years after the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin cutting interest rates. For the ... Read More »

And just like that, another municipal election cruises by in the blink of an eye. Just kidding. If you ever find you have four days to live, ask to hold another hand-counted election in Medicine Hat, because every hour since Monday felt like an eternity. After what must be the longest period from ballot to ... Read More »

Never in my life have I entered a voting booth so unsure of the X marks I was about to make. For mayor, no problem. Six candidates, enough knowledge on all of them to make an informed choice. But 39 hopefuls for eight seats on city council? The roadside signs didn’t help, other than cement ... Read More »

Dear editor, The only logical conclusion I can reasonably resolve regarding the current political system is devastation. Every policy and decision appears to cause impairment opposed to progress and advancement. We are transparently witnessing the weakening of our health care, housing, food supply, freedom of speech, charter of rights, medical freedoms, economy, criminal laws, and ... Read More »

(In response to Michael Seitz, Oct.1, Medicine Hat News, Letter to the Editor) Dear editor, I am writing in response to recent accusations regarding the transparency and practices of our Board. It is important to address these directly, as accountability and open communication are values that guide our work. This Board has made significant progress ... Read More »

Dear editor, It is past time for term limits to be set for the length of time individuals are allowed to serve on city council. A maximum of two terms, eight years, should be sufficient and be allowed. When a person runs for council, simply saying the usual, “I plan to increase economic activity or ... Read More »