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A mid-week Canada Day today leads to questions about what is open and what isn’t around the city on the holiday. City hall and all administrative departments will be closed today and reopen tomorrow. There will be no waste collection today, with collection resuming Wednesday in Zone 3. The Esplanade was closed both Monday and ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Starting today, the province promises that a new tax cut for Albertans will help keep more money in the hands of residents. The new eight per cent tax bracket was announced as part of Budget 2025, which applies to income up to $60,000, down from the previous rate of 10 per cent, and will ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program has the perfect offering for those eyeing the coming summer forecast with dread, thanks to their Ice Age in July nature walk. The walk past the glacier-carved coulees will give those attending the chance to learn about the last Ice Age, when ice sheets covered 97% of Canada. “Learn ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Gas City Ball Hockey League showed up as provincials hosts and showed out in the medal standings. The local ball hockey league hosted a five-division minor provincial tournament over the long weekend in Medicine Hat at the Kinplex, Hockey Hounds Arena and the Moose Rec Centre. A total of 40 teams from across ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat’s American Legion teams had an even weekend of baseball action. The Moose Monarchs won their first two games of their home tournament over the weekend. They beat the Calgary Cubs tournament team 17-2 on Friday. Cade Moch had three hits and scored three times, adding a pair of RBIs. Wade Davies had ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Saturday started as any other day for Bryce Pickford, with chores around the family farm. The day ended with him as one of the newest prospects in the Montreal Canadiens organization. The Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman was selected in the third round, 81st overall by the Canadiens on the second day of the 2025 ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant Speakers attempted to get their pound of flesh from city council members at a public hearing this week, and not just on a plan to create a corporation to run Medicine Hat’s utility. Jabs about Division Avenue, wanting to build a solar field, even selling off gas wells were wondered about loudly. One speaker ... Read More »

I found this week’s chart to be very interesting, and I hope you do too. The National Bank economics department has tracked S&P 500 returns going back to 1970 and segmented those returns into periods immediately following a sudden (greater than 15% return over a 6-week period) market rally versus all other observations. From there, ... Read More »

Prime Minister Mark Carney scored a major personal, national and international victory by his skillful, successful, diplomatic and focused performance as host of the G7 summit in Kananaskis. Carney also boosted his image by holding bilateral meetings with Trump and other world leaders, aimed at benefitting Canada in years ahead. Even President Trump, who is ... Read More »

Dear editor, I feel Canada Post is an important Canadian Institution that should be preserved no matter what the cost, much like the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is what brings Canada together and what is uniquely Canadian. It is important to both rural and urban Canada. I admit I am biased. My grandfather was postmaster ... Read More »

Dear editor, It was great happiness to read the recent article on Mrs. Di Ninno’s well earned recognition on 30 years of service to education. Our family personally was influenced and inspired by her dedication and excellence in teaching. Our two sons attended CAPE school for five years and we never regretted a day of ... Read More »

Dear editor, We are a group of advocates with disabilities. We are worried about Alberta separating from Canada. If Alberta separates, we will lose important federal programs such as CPP-Disability, Canada Disability Benefit, our Registered Disability Savings Plan contributions, native affairs payments and federal education grants for students with disabilities. Health-care programs will not have ... Read More »