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zmason@medicinehatnews.com Grade 9 students in the Fine Arts Academy at St. Mary’s School will take the stage at Co-op Place alongside legendary rock and roll band Foreigner on Wednesday night. Twenty-five students taking part in the St. Mary’s choir will perform the hit song “I Want To Know What Love Is” with the band. “They’re ... Read More »

zmason@medicinehatnews.com HALO air ambulance released a statement Tuesday confirming the official return to full operational service. HALO says its has been working closely with Emergency Health Services to review and strengthen operational processes following an undisclosed safety incident in September. Operational changes include new measures emphasizing structured pre-flight briefings, enhanced documentation and increased in-flight communications ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com City councillors will sit for their first public meeting Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in council chambers following a motion to make changes to the provisional consolidated meeting schedules. Council is expected to run from 6:30-9:30 p.m. for budget discussions, and a confirmed closed committee of the whole meeting will run on the evening ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The three senior high school football teams will resume play in postseason action tonight. Due to the teachers strike, the senior high school season was put on hold for four weeks and will resume with playoffs tonight. Medicine Hat’s three senior teams will all be on the road. The Medicine Hat High Hawks will ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College men’s volleyball team recorded their first win of the season. The Rattlers lost their first game of the weekend, falling in three sets at home Friday to the University of Alberta-Augustana Vikings (21-25, 16-25, 19-25) before beating the visiting NAIT Ooks (25-18, 25-22, 25-22) Saturday to collect their first win ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb It’s a weekend of lessons for the Medicine Hat Tigers. They wrapped up a seven-game road trip with a 6-1 loss Saturday in Edmonton to the Central division leading Oil Kings before falling 4-3 in overtime Sunday to the Tri-City Americans. Saturday’s loss saw Edmonton score in the first minutes of each period en ... Read More »

Thomas Lukaszuk’s ‘Alberta Forever Campaign’ has been ultra successful and it looks like any referendum that Alberta voters might face will have his movement’s question on the ballot. “Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?” was the question that drew the Lukaszuk-led petition to garner more than 450,000 signatures from Albertans this summer ... Read More »

As you might recall, I wrote last week on the first six chapters of Stewart “Brittlestar” Reynold’s book Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism. Today I would like to share with you the remaining five chapters. Chapter seven is all about using your cuteness as an advantage. The chapter starts off by telling the reader ... Read More »

“Mr. Speaker, the democratic process matters. We are elected by Albertans to come to this assembly to make sure everything that comes out of it is debated, vetted, tweaked, adjusted and voted on to represent our constituents’ views. That is how this is supposed to work. But the arrogance of this government is astounding. Bills ... Read More »

Dear editor, The voters of Medicine Hat, some 35 per cent, decided who will be our city’s next council. The turnout was low, and the 65 per cent decided to accept the results of the voting population. The return to a rather cumbersome voting system may have turned away some voters. The incumbent mayor was ... 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 »