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Monday night brings a busy evening for Medicine Hat city council. Council returns three items of unfinished business to the meeting, with Mayor Linnsie Clark’s legal fee reimbursement being returned for a sixth time. The item was originally presented on April 22 before being pushed back five times as Clark looks for a reimbursement of ... Read More »

Six Hatters have been named to Alberta Health’s Regional Health Advisory. Council 14 represents southeastern Alberta, extending west from the Saskatchewan border and north from the U.S. border. Medicine Hat is located in the middle with communities such as Bow Island and Irvine to the south and Hilda to just beyond Finnigan and Bassano to ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The regular faces at the Gas City Kiwanis Centre are inviting the public to an open house to learn more about the groups that call it home. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 23, various organizations will host activities, sales and demonstrations at the Gas City Kiwanis Centre, including Medicine Hat Rock ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Sylvan Lake Gulls need just one more win for their first championship in franchise history. The Gulls opened up the 2025 WCBL finals with a 3-2, 11th inning win Thursday at Regina over the Red Sox to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series. It’s the first trip to the finals for ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat Tigers fans still have a reason to tune into the finals of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup on Saturday. The United States defeated Canada 4-3 in a shootout Friday morning, punching their ticket to the gold medal game against Sweden, the first finals appearance for the U.S. since 2016. Canada’s three straight gold ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There was a lot to love about Medicine Hat Mavericks’ head coach Jonathon Thornhill’s debut summer in the WCBL. The Mavs tallied 34 wins to their third best record since 2010 and the most wins since 2019, as they navigated a rainy summer and the dog days it brings. A summer of successes ultimately ... Read More »

Book No. 4, Blankets by Craig Thompson, is the last in the list of books I vowed to read as it pertains to our government’s ridiculous notion that book banning in schools is acceptable in 2025. Here is my review of this 582-page graphic novel. First, it contains the most powerful images and text I ... Read More »

So far, Medicine Hat has two people officially in the running for mayor, although a third, former UCP MLA Drew Barnes, said in a News article last week that he, too, would be filing papers to be on the ballot Oct. 20. Alan Rose was the first to declare his intention to run for mayor, ... Read More »

The What Matters to Hatters Coalition remains focused on reducing stigma related to substance use and mental illness in our community by promoting the importance of kindness and connection. We believe everyone should be offered kindness and connection, including people who may be struggling with substance use disorder or mental illness. For many, their trauma ... Read More »

Dear editor: Larry Simcoe’s recent letter to the editor has some accurate facts but some inaccurate assumptions regarding the Canada Pension Plan and retirement. First off, the CPP is a real pension. Its initial structure (1966) was not a pension plan, but reforms enacted in 1998 turned the CPP into a real pension plan, independent ... Read More »

Dear editor, It has been said many times, “justice delayed is justice denied.” I do not believe we are entirely forsaken yet, because there has finally been some movement in the court proceedings against the local podcaster Thomas Fougere. After the past nine months with numerous previous appearances through an agent, a plea of not ... Read More »

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