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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Redcliff RCMP say despite an overall decrease in property crimes in the area, police have investigated three residential break and enters and five motor vehicle thefts since the beginning of 2025. On Tuesday, RCMP released a press statement reminding residents to take proactive steps to protect their homes and property from break-ins and reduce ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com With Acute Care becoming operational on April 1, the Government of Alberta has announced that emergency medical services will transfer with it, along with investment into the program. The province says it will establish a shared-services entity to support provincial health agencies and service providers, with the aim of enhancing specialized expertise and improving ... Read More »

Upcoming “Arts for Africa” will showcase the work of artists in Medicine Hat and region for an opportunity to support their fellow human a world away. Canadians Reaching out to the World’s Children, better known as CARO, aims to collect funds for a community-based project in Burkina Faso, West Africa and Teega Wende, the orphanage ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat Cubs season came to a close Thursday night. The Cubs lost 4-1 at the Kinplex to the Okotoks Bisons, falling 3-1 in their best-of-five South finals series. Medicine Hat lost Game 3 Tuesday in Okotoks, 4-3. Okotoks scored once in the fist period and twice in the second period for three goals ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Curling Centre held their men’s bonspiel last weekend. The local curling club had 26 teams compete in four events from March 6-9. The winner of the A event was AgroPlus, skipped by Kevin Aberle. In the eighth end, Aberle made a clutch raise to sit shot, which ended up being the ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Alberta Marlin Aquatic Club raced in Calgary over the weekend. The AMAC club sent 12 qualified swimmers to race against 33 other teams over the weekend, with the local swimmers returning with 20 medals. Nayla Berg (13): Had one new best time, finishing 13th in 200m breast prelim, 15th in 200m free relay, ... 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 »

As I navigate the world of a ‘leftie’ due to my recent tumble, I am intrigued by the number of people in this world who identify as left-handed and how they have dealt with what I view as a challenging situation. According to healthline.com, 10 per cent of the world’s population is left-handed. That means ... 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 »