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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire that was contained to a suite on the third floor of the Silver Buckle building just after 5:20 am Sunday, and found one person who was transported to hospital in unknown condition. Crews from all three city stations were able to extinguish the fire, which appears to have ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Senior Citizens Advisory Committee Foundation is looking for those interested in helping residents make the most of their golden years. Founded in 2002, the foundation’s mission is to help seniors in the community live a healthy, active lifestyle, and they help via funding capital projects throughout the city as they pertain ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The South Eastern Alberta Archaeological Society will host a presentation Wednesday on how to better understand Métis culture. “Our understanding of the Indigenous peoples of the northern Plains has been constructed through the lens of people trained in European-derived methods,” says SEAAS. “As a result, studies of the Métis have focused upon their being ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The South Alberta Hockey Academy U18 men’s team had a heartbreak finish to their CSSHL playoffs. SAHA lost in overtime in the semifinals, falling 4-3 Saturday to eventual champion RHA Kelowna. Brayden Ryan-MacKay and Gavin Lesiuk each had a goal and an assist in the semifinals, Tyne Lafournaise scored as well. Mattias Radke made ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers threw back to 2003 two weekends before they begin a run they hope ends like it’s 2004 or 2007. The Tigers picked up a pair of much-needed weekend wins, coming back to win a 6-5 thriller in overtime Friday at Lethbridge over the Hurricanes before a pair of hat tricks ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U13AA Hounds’ season came to a close Saturday in Red Deer. The Hounds suffered just their fourth loss of the season, falling 10-1 to the Wesco Chiefs, dropping the best-of-three South conference finals series 2-0. Diesel Bishop scored the Hounds’ lone goal in the loss, Blade Schreiner started the game making ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant A portion of Sixth Avenue in front of the Chamber of Commerce will receive a secondary street name – “Commerce Way” – when the chambers across Alberta meet here in May. Not to worry, the non-official effort won’t result in any actual address changes. Such signs also denote the former “Toronto Street” and “Esplanade” ... Read More »

On that magical night of the Four Nations final, we were one. No East. No West. No English. No French. Just Canada-coast to coast, fists clenched, eyes locked on the screen. And when Connor McDavid buried that overtime winner, it wasn’t just a hockey game we won. It was a moment of unity. A reminder ... Read More »

Hooray for Premier Danielle Smith, who stood tall last Wednesday by going to bat for Alberta and Canada in the tariff fight against U.S. President Donald Trump. Until she did that, during a press conference in Medicine Hat, Smith had been slapped with a negative label in Canada for not forcefully decrying the tariffs which, ... Read More »

Re: Letter to the editor, published Feb. 11 Dear editor, Mr. Elder has presented a very narrow and slanted view to the public regarding the proposed project on the city’s grounds by the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede. It is disheartening for the tens of thousands of Stampede volunteers over the past 130-plus years to ... Read More »

Dear editor, I am horrified but not surprised by the recent (and timely, ie – let’s show them we care, or better yet, let’s distract them from a really big issue currently in the news) announcement in regards to the plan to build two centres in the province to house those under pseudo arrest using ... Read More »

Dear editor, The line in the sand of truth and consequences has been drawn between the free world and the U.S. thanks to the current president. That president has sided with Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Haiti and 10 more countries in voting against a U.N. resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ... Read More »