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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com What Matters to Hatters is partnering with Recovery Alberta to host a free stress workshop at the Medicine Hat Public Library this weekend. The D-Stress Workshop includes a discussion about stress, how to recognize personal stress times and a discussion of coping skills and strategies that will introduce participants to tools they can use ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com A study of data by Statistics Canada shows immigrants in Alberta earn more with time, but still less than the national average. The on the economic outcomes of immigrants in Alberta analyzed thousands of immigrant workers and their families over a five-year period and examines how workers integrate into the province’s labour market over ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Families of current students attending Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education schools should receive online registration forms for the 2026-27 school year via email beginning in the last week of January. Through this email parents will be able to use PowerSchool Parent Portal and follow instructions to add each student separately. The division is ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs picked up where they left off from the holiday break. The South division leaders rattled off a pair of wins to extend their franchise-record win streak to 14 games. They blanked the High River Flyers 5-0 Saturday before beating the Ponoka Stampeders 9-2 Sunday. Hudson Corbett stopped all 14 shots ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U13AAA South East Tigers jumped into the new year in winning fashion. The Tigers hosted a pair of games over the weekend, beating the NWCAA Red 6-1 Saturday and topping the CNHA Green 6-3 on Sunday. Stetsen Kruiser had two goals Saturday, Fischer Sprunger had a goal and two assists, Paxton ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The WHL’s trade market heated up Monday with the trade deadline on the horizon. A total of seven trades were executed Monday ahead of the WHL trade deadline on Thursday at 6 p.m. MST. The day was headlined by four moves involving the Vancouver Giants (16-22-1-1) who sit last in the B.C. division. Vancouver ... Read More »

I was deeply saddened to learn of the massacre of 15 Jews at Bondi Beach, Australia. On the first night of Hannukah, more than 1,000 people had gathered to celebrate, some dancing and banging drums when two individuals opened fire on a crowded group. The incident devastated and shocked not only the Jewish community, but ... 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 »

Dear editor, Re: Conservative Party of Canada leadership review later this month The Conservative Party trails the Liberals in the polls by just under four per cent. Pierre Poilievre trails Mark Carney in the national leadership polls by 21 per cent. Mr. Poilievre is, clearly, a liability – the party much less so. Mr. Poilievre ... 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 »