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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Local high school and college students teamed up Tuesday to participate in the Cows, Crops & Calculators accounting and agriculture-focused competition. Business administration students at Medicine Hat College partnered with high school students from Prairie Rose Public Schools to solve a business scenario by creating a case and presenting their solution to a panel ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Second-year environmental biology and reclamation students have been highlighted by Medicine Hat College for their studies assessing soil health and collecting data on plant species to determine ideal plots of land for agricultural use. Ongoing studies and data collected by students will be assembled into a final report to be used to numerically evaluate ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Teachers Association says its members do not need further testing to know which students require extra help in the classroom – but they do need more resources to help them. The announcement follows a proposal by the Education Ministry on Monday to conduct reading and math diagnostic assessment testing and screening for ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat U14 Mustangs were on the road for a pair of games this weekend. They faced Bow View twice on Sunday, falling 15-5 and 9-5. In the first loss, Jorja Sadler and Arika McDowell each had a goal and an assist, and all three of Brinley Cross, Kassidy Etienne and Rhya Weinberger ... Read More »

The South Alberta Hockey Academy U18 men’s team recorded two win on their road weekend. SAHA ruled Halloween Friday with a 7-1 win over the Notre Dame Hounds. Kutcher Aquila had four goals and one assist, both Sully Kufflick and Damen Vanderberg had a goal and an assist. Brennan Finke had a solo marker, Aidan ... 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 »

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 »