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@@CollinGallant Even facing challenges, Alberta and Alberta’s businesses have got a good thing going, delegates to the provincial Chamber of Commerce conference in Medicine Hat were told Friday, and building and promoting it can help businesses through trade troubles. The business group’s provincial annual general meeting and policy conference concludes Saturday at the Medicine Hat ... Read More »

@MedicineHatNews The allocation for St. Mary’s River Irrigation District members is expected to remain at 12 inches for the summer, the board of the major district southwest of Medicine Hat announced Thursday. That figure, equating to one acre-foot, was announced at the group’s annual general meeting in early April. That is 50 per cent higher ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Thursday, April 3 1st – Terry Sawchuck / Cathy Meaney > tie 2nd – Charlotte Eresman 3rd – Stan Schuler / Butch Hiltz 4th – Dale Plotsky 5th – Al Guscott Monday, April 7 1st – Al Guscott 2nd – Dale Plotsky/Al Carruthers / Barry Perrault 3rd – Kathy King 4th – Frankie Harth ... Read More »

JAMES TUBB jtubb@medicinehatnews.com RIMOUSKI, QUE. The Medicine Hat Tigers were able to take some time this week at the Memorial Cup to enjoy themselves while preparing for the final game of their 2024-25 championship season. After the Tigers clinched their spot in the finals of the 105th Memorial Cup, they lined themselves up for four ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Junior High Athletic Association held their track and field meet on Wednesday. Seven Persons came out on top in 2025, leading the team aggregate standings. Seven Persons led the field with 218.5 points, with Notre Dame finishing second at 210 points and St. Mary’s finishing third at 204 points. Individual aggregate ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat High School Hawks competed at the South Zones Track and Field Championships on Thursday in Lethbridge. The event, held on a hot day in Lethbridge, was led by Charlee Routley bringing home the Jr. Girls Aggregate, and Adriene Campbell winning the Intermediate Girls Aggregate. Medicine Hat High brought home 18 golds ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant Co-op Place never fully gained the mantle of “white elephant” among Hatters who are happy to hang horns on any major civic project that’s not to their satisfaction. But after this hockey season, it likely never will. Location, cost, nothing good to watch, took too long, rammed through – common complaints that kept the ... Read More »

A strike threat by Canada Post workers doesn’t result in the same national angst as it once did. In my younger days, seeing what the mailman delivered was one of the highlights of my day. My weekly Sports Illustrated magazine would be in the mailbox, the occasional cheque or invoice would arrive, a letter from ... Read More »

A sincere thank-you to the residents of the Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner constituency for once again placing your trust in me to represent your interests in Canada’s Parliament. Being elected your Member of Parliament for a fourth term is an incredible honour and privilege. Although the 2025 federal election national result was not what Conservatives had envisioned, ... Read More »

Re: Critics blast Alberta Energy Regulator coal project approval by Alexandra Noad in the Medicine Hat News on May 21, 2025. Dear editor, In this article, Rob Miyashiro, MLA Lethbridge West, “encouraged Albertans to contact their local MLA … to let them know they don’t support the mine.” That’s great advice, only I had an ... Read More »

Dear editor, The current bluster for Alberta separation after the Liberal victory in the recent federal election has challenging implications. A group of disenchanted Albertans refuse to accept the results and the current governance model, and they are promoting separation. The process for separation has been clarified by the Supreme Court in The Clarity Act. ... Read More »

Dear editor, It’s time those who say we should become the 51st state begin to understand Canadian history and geography. Canada’s southern border divides us from those with differing views and expectations – it is a totally appropriate and wonderful boundary. Those who seek to dissolve it like the Orange Autocrat and the supposed one-fifth ... Read More »