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Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat News invites residents who may have or know the first baby of 2026 to reach out. Alberta Health Services no longer provides information to the media on the first child born in the New Year within the city, and as such, the family is encouraged to make themselves known ... Read More »

zmason@medicinehatnews.com The year 2025 ends as it began in Medicine Hat, with Linnsie Clark as mayor. It wasn’t always an obvious outcome. In 2021, Clark won decisively over incumbent Ted Clugston. But her victory in 2025 was harder fought, winning by a margin of only about 750 votes over her closest competitor, former three-term MLA ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The number of pistachio products recalled for potential salmonella contamination continues to grow, reaching more than 300 different products. An update to the list of products was released by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday, the latest in multiple updates as more products are found to pose a health risk. Residents are encouraged ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Edmonton Oil Kings swung a pair of trades Saturday as they sit second in the Central division. The Oil Kings started they off with an in-division trade, acquiring forward Jaxon Fuder from the Red Deer Rebels in a four-piece deal. They sent Red Deer three forwards, 2007-born Poul Andersen, 2009-born Boris Sigachev and ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Oasiz Wiesblatt has always tried to keep his feet in one place, taking whatever is thrown at him one day at a time. It was his strategy in Medicine Hat as he entrenched himself among the top captains in Tigers’ history, and it’s how he’s managing each new day at the professional level. The ... Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medicine Hat Tigers carry their winning ways into 2026. The Tigers thumped the Red Deer Rebels 8-0 Tuesday on the road for a 13th straight win, their longest win streak since a stretch of 17 straight in 2007. The longest win streak last season was 12 games. The Tigers twin duo of ... Read More »

We’ve all heard the age-old ha-ha about not eating yellow snow, but did you know that eating snow of any colour can be trouble? A typical snowflake has a lot of jagged edges to it, says a story on Axios.com, and when it falls through the atmosphere, it collects “more airborne pollution particles.” A variety ... Read More »

The dot-com bubble burst in March of 2000 when historically high stock market valuations (Price to Earnings ratios) combined with declining earnings growth for companies that comprise the U.S. stock market. This week’s chart examines the relationship between stock market valuations (12-month forward Price to Earnings ratio in blue) and earnings growth for the S&P ... Read More »

I remember growing up and the importance Christmas was for my family. Grandparents would travel from Moose Jaw to Medicine Hat to spend time with us, my youngest brother sneaking down the stairs to see what Santa had left for us and a turkey dinner with home-made stuffing that was amazing. I think the best ... Read More »

Dear editor, Re: Recall Petition for Smith Made Official, Medicine Hat News, Dec. 11. On Premier Smith’s radio show, in April 2024, responding to petitioner Landon Johnston (petitioning to recall Mayor Joti Gondek), she said, “What I’ve observed from the process you’ve gone through is that it’s an extremely high bar,” Smith said. “We know ... Read More »

Dear editor, The Alberta Government is trying to sell us a Pig in a Poke with its “Surgical Initiatives” and “Urgent Care Centres.” Our hospitals already have underused surgical suites because of not enough medical staff. Dr. Paul Parks (previous president of the Alberta Medical Association and Medicine Hat ER Physician) has said the Medicine ... Read More »

* Submitted before Wednesday’s strike announcement Dear editor, As Alberta inches closer to another union versus government negotiation, the UCP “tactical misinformation machine” is revving up and shifting to high gear. I speak of course of the looming dispute between AUPE’s nursing care union and the Alberta government, including the erroneous statements made by Finance ... Read More »