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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Alberta RCMP is reminding motorists to do their part in keeping first responders and roadside workers safe, by slowing down and moving over when approaching stopped emergency vehicles with flashing lights. Wednesday marked National Slow Down and Move Over Day, established to raise awareness about the importance of driving responsibly around emergency crews and ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com In partnership with Medicine Hat College and Cypress County, and with support from 25 businesses from throughout the region, Prairie Rose Public Schools is moving forward with the South Alberta School of Agriculture. At its May 6 meeting, Cypress County council agreed in principle to partner with the project. While the details are still ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Prairie Pride Guild of Medicine Hat & District is hosting another bridge cleanup to give back to the community on a special day for LGBTQ+ individuals. May 17 is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, though often better known by the acronym IDAHOBIT. The date is a global movement to raise awareness ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Boxing Club had three fighters in action over the weekend in Regina. On Friday at Battle of the Prairies, Nate Vossler lost a tough match to Jerzy Gallinger from Pan Am in Winnipeg. Jacob Walne defeated Jacey Kasakan from Saskatoon. Saturday night, at the Royal Cup event, Nate Vossler defeated Gabriel ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Shortly after former Edmonton and B.C. executive Rick LeLacheur took control of the Elks last fall, he ended the Chris Jones (now a defensive assistant with University of North Carolina) reign of error, saved the team from bankruptcy and sold the community-owned club to construction magnate Larry Thompson. At season’s end LeLacheur hired Ed ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Massacre Adventure race challenged Western Canadians in the Cypress Hills over the weekend. The annual adventure race saw 46 teams from across the Western provinces, from Winnipeg to Banff and north to Athabasca, take on the Cypress Hills. Racers competed in either the full nine-hour race or the four and a ... Read More »

I’ve never been much for book reviews – and it’s not going to become a habit – but if you’re into Canadian history in rapid-fire, short doses, a book put together by the Toronto Globe & Mail staff might be one for you. Titled ‘A Nation’s Paper,’ the book features 30 chapters on a wide ... Read More »

People will often ask me how I decide on the topics I write on, or if I ever run out of article ideas. The answer is I never run out of things to say, and I write on what I am passionate about. Often the topics come to me via news or journal articles, books ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant Some rivalries are obvious, bred from familiarity or geography. Lethbridge or Swift Current seem to the Tigers top foes of late. Their fans show up for games or moved here a while ago. They play a half dozen times a year. It makes sense. This may change as the WHL title series fires up ... 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 »

Dear editor, I’m sure you have noticed the dusty, dirty, polluted, unhealthy springtime air in Medicine Hat caused by the thick layer of sand/dirt layered on city streets over the winter. It is terribly unhealthy for city residents with any type of breathing, sinus or allergy conditions. These layers upon layers of sand/dirt on the ... Read More »

Dear editor, Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged against us all. Rents are skyrocketing. Mortgage rates are unpredictable. Buying a home is beyond reach. In our own community, there just isn’t enough housing for it to be ... Read More »