bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Soon it may be more clear for small and medium-sized businesses in Medicine Hat to become aware if they have exceeded or branched their kilowatt per hour limit as the City looks to increase awareness and education across its customer rate base. Staff provided members of the Energy, Land and Environment committee a report
Read More »newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com City crews will begin installing a new water main that will require the closure of a small section of 1 Street SW beginning on July 21 that is expected to last until Aug. 8. The section of road that needs to be shut down includes 1 Street SW between Red Deer Drive SW and ... Read More »
13 hours agoasmith@medicinehatnews.com The Prairie Pride Guild of Medicine Hat and District is partnering with the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program to round out the summer with a nature walk to remember. Guided by Park Interpreter Genevieve Mathieu, participants will learn all about local plant and animal life through the lens of queer ecology, celebrating the diverse natural ... Read More »
13 hours agoasmith@medicinehatnews.com Ahead of the gathering of First Ministers and the Council of the Federation, Friends of Medicare has joined with other health coalitions to call for the government to remember the importance of public health care. They remind government leadership that public health care is a core foundation of any just economy, in a release ... Read More »
13 hours agosports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tigers have six players vying for spots on national teams this summer. Four Canadians received invites to Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence summer camps. Goaltender Cash Christie and forward Luke Ruptash will take part in the U17 Camp this weekend, starting Saturday. The 79 players invited will continue to be evaluated ... Read More »
13 hours agojtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat U13 Mavs are rolling through the first two games of the Little League National Championship. The Mavs had a second straight five-inning win, beating Team Atlantic 10-0 on Wednesday for a 2-0 start at the Intermediate Championships They scored in four of the five innings, with a four-run fifth inning pushing ... Read More »
13 hours agojtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Tyler Vanneste is going to be swinging for the fences this weekend. The third-year Medicine Hat Mavericks infielder will represent the red and white in the home run derby at the WCBL all-star game this weekend at Okotoks’ Seaman Stadium. Vanneste is heading to his second WCBL all-star game, he was slated to swing ... Read More »
13 hours agoRepublican politicians in Minnesota and Wisconsin want Canada to curb the amount of wildfire smoke drifting into the United States and “robbing Americans of their ability to enjoy the summer,” according to a Canadian Press report last week. Next on their list of demands will be to stop mosquitoes from crossing the border and biting ... Read More »
3 days agoAre you a fan of the Julia Quinn Bridgerton novels or the Netflix adaptation by Shonda Rhimes? If so, you know that afternoon teas and the social concept behind it was very important during the Regency and Victorian eras in England. It gave people, especially women, an opportunity to socialize in the late afternoon over ... Read More »
3 days ago@CollinGallant Immediately after I arrived in Medicine Hat 20 years ago – and then for a decade after – Hatters’ first question for me when I was out doing interviews was: How long do you think you’ll stay? After another 10 years, the answer is still the same – What do you mean? I live ... Read More »
7 days agoDear editor, Graham Kelly was an outstanding example for all future council candidates in the City of Medicine Hat to emulate. His first concern was always for the City and its citizens. He had a gifted ability of persuasion to cut the red tape and bureaucracy to get things done on time and on budget. ... Read More »
2 days agoDear editor, Just when you think that our provincial government can’t come up with any more bizarre ideas, they do. The COVID-19 vaccine is no longer being funded by the province because the premier questions its effectiveness and many doses were wasted. I would like to know what ended the COVID-19 pandemic if the vaccine ... Read More »
2 days agoDear editor, I would like to give a big shout out to one of your own companies in Medicine Hat. My husband had the misfortune of taking out his driveshaft on our motorhome on Monday, June 30. Kelly from Tri-Co Machining went over and above on Wednesday, July 2, having our driveshaft repaired by mid-afternoon. ... Read More »
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