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August 22, 1950 saw the first nationwide railway strike hit Canada with 124,000 non-operating employees padlocking doors, banking fires and gridlocking the railways that tied the country. The railway strike started at 6 a.m. MST on Aug. 22 and lasted nine days as workers from 17 unions demanded a pay increase and a work week ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com More flights are completing connections to and from Calgary every day after WestJet brought its larger 78-seat Q400 aircraft to the Medicine Hat Regional Airport last fall, in fact the number has increased to a near perfect 98 per cent flight competition rate. This completion factor aligns Medicine Hat with what is the industry ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The 2025 nationwide wildfire response has been the biggest in recent Red Cross history. Since May, the Red Cross has provided humanitarian assistance to people impacted by wildfires across the country, including Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Atlantic Canada. This work has even surpassed the response from the COVID-19 pandemic. Operations have included 1,200 personnel, ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Markus and Liam Ruck have been racking up the passport stamps in their young career. The twin Medicine Hat Tigers forwards are coming off a third-place finish with Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup held in Czechia and Slovakia. In 2024 they donned the red and white at the Youth Winter Olympics in South ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The United States captured their first gold at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup since 2003, just the second in the country’s history. There was no other goal for the two Medicine Hat Tigers in the U.S. lineup. “We knew that stat but it’s kind of hard to kind of wrap your head around it, how ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The new commissioner of the CFL is Stewart Johnston , the former senior vice president, content and sales, Bell Media. After graduating from Queen’s University in 1997, he began his career with TSN, progressing through the ranks until he became president of that organization. In 2024, he became senior vice president, content and sales, ... Read More »

Have you ever had to navigate a situation that felt out of your depth? Like calling tech support and explaining what your computer is doing, filling out forms in legal jargon or trying to follow a fast-talking mechanic’s explanation about your car when you don’t even know what’s under the hood? Now imagine doing that ... Read More »

Take a step back from all the toxic noise surrounding job searching these days. If you’re a job seeker in 2025, you’re likely feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, and quite possibly angry. Also likely, you spend an excessive amount of time scrolling through LinkedIn, reading posts criticizing employers’ and recruiters’ hiring practices and lamenting the job market. ... Read More »

Interest rates drive the business cycle and the economy. Lowering interest rates, everything else equal, helps the economy grow by lowering the cost of borrowing, which encourages companies to invest in research, development and hire additional employees. Lower rates also encourage individuals to borrow money to spend on cars, homes, etc. Increasing interest rates has ... Read More »

Dear editor, Now that they understand their referendum on Albertan “independence” is about to be soundly defeated, the UCP, their local supporters – the Black Hats and the Governor-in-Waiting Premier Smith – are turning their attentions to threatening some of our great Canadian institutions by emulating their U.S. – often Texan – heroes. They should ... Read More »

Dear editor, The other day an ad from the Alberta Prosperity Project showed up on my Facebook page. It told me how much better off I would be if Alberta separated from Canada (not too different from the successful, albeit dishonest, “Leave” promises prior to the British Brexit vote). While it is true Albertans would ... Read More »

Dear editor, A person’s financial position at retirement affects the meaning for “pension.” A retiring Alberta teacher at age 55 with 30 years experience will have a guaranteed defined benefit pension, which will pay around $50,000 annually if the highest salary approximates $85,000. CPP and OAS could add another $20,400 for a retirement income of ... Read More »