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asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Bow Island Health Centre emergency department is re-extending its hours, though AHS says a staff shortage remains. Effective immediately the emergency department will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and 7 a.m. Friday to 8 p.m. Monday. Non-urgent walk-in patients are welcome from 8-11:30 a.m. and from 6-8 p.m. ... Read More »

zmason@medicinehatnews.com Earlier this week, Hatters came out in droves to a Friends of Medicare town hall featuring Dr. Paul Parks. The town hall was part of a series travelling the province to engage Albertans about the changes the UCP government has made to health care. At the event Tuesday, Parks responded to a question about ... Read More »

Starting Friday, young library-goers will be on the hunt for some pre-historic pals. From Friday to Nov. 16, visitors are invited to search the Kinsmen Children’s Library for 11 dinosaurs. When all the dinosaurs and letters they have are collected, they can be unscrambled to form the name of a famous T-rex at the Royal ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The pride of Medicine Hat has returned to the Tigers’ blue line. Local product Josh Van Mulligen was in the Medicine Hat lineup on Friday as the Tigers hosted the Edmonton Oil Kings. The overage defenceman has been out of the lineup since the season opener on Sept. 20 against the Regina Pats where ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Tigers salvaged a point Friday night at Co-op Place. They overcame a one-goal deficit three times to tie with Edmonton and send the game to overtime before falling 4-3 to the Oil Kings in the shootout. Edmonton’s Poul Andersen was the sixth shooter in the skills competition, scoring the lone goal ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Willie Desjardins has seen some positives through the first 17 games of the Medicine Hat Tigers’ title defence season. But there’s a long way to go before they can think of another banner in the rafters. The Tigers hit the quarter mark of the 2024-25 season with a 10-5-2 record, tied for second in ... Read More »

Thomas Lukaszuk’s ‘Alberta Forever Campaign’ has been ultra successful and it looks like any referendum that Alberta voters might face will have his movement’s question on the ballot. “Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?” was the question that drew the Lukaszuk-led petition to garner more than 450,000 signatures from Albertans this summer ... Read More »

As you might recall, I wrote last week on the first six chapters of Stewart “Brittlestar” Reynold’s book Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism. Today I would like to share with you the remaining five chapters. Chapter seven is all about using your cuteness as an advantage. The chapter starts off by telling the reader ... Read More »

“Mr. Speaker, the democratic process matters. We are elected by Albertans to come to this assembly to make sure everything that comes out of it is debated, vetted, tweaked, adjusted and voted on to represent our constituents’ views. That is how this is supposed to work. But the arrogance of this government is astounding. Bills ... Read More »

Dear editor, Three important problems directly leading to the teachers’ strike are exclusively of the UCP’s own making. Firstly, they brag about attracting new people to Alberta but seem unable to comprehend that more new people means more new students. Alberta spends the least amount of money on public education in Canada, per student, thus, ... Read More »

Dear editor, I live in the Southview area and I want to share my Halloween treat. A group of five or six young gentlemen (Grade 6’ish?) approach my door. Upon opening it, they began singing “O Canada.” I was deeply touched by this gesture. When one young man expressed his love for Canada, I reciprocate ... Read More »

Dear editor, The voters of Medicine Hat, some 35 per cent, decided who will be our city’s next council. The turnout was low, and the 65 per cent decided to accept the results of the voting population. The return to a rather cumbersome voting system may have turned away some voters. The incumbent mayor was ... Read More »