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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The federal government announced Tuesday a new investment of nearly $6 million to support businesses in southern Alberta. Eleanor Olszewski, the federal Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience, and the minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, was in Calgary on Tuesday to announce the funding, which will be divided among five projects ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The list of names given to babies in Alberta last year was released Tuesday, and it contained few surprises. The top name in the province for boys was Noah for the seventh year in a row, while Olivia retained the top spot on the girls list for the 13th straight year. Olivia has remained ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The annual Southeastern Alberta Teachers’ Convention is arriving in Medicine Hat this week. More than 1,000 teachers are expected at Medicine Hat College on Thursday and Friday. The convention is intended for members of the Alberta Teachers’ Association only, and the itinerary offers dozens of sessions to help teachers pursue personal and professional growth. ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U12B Mustangs returned home from a weekend on the road with a pair of wins. In their first game, taking on the Indus Lightning, the Mustangs prevailed 6-4 in a back-and-forth affair. AP player Kimber Moch had a pair of goals, fellow AP Lexxon Martinez also found the back of the ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The WHL announced supplemental discipline from the Medicine Hat Tigers’ 10-1 win Monday. Red Deer Rebels forward Kohen Lodge was suspended two games for his boarding major and game misconduct from the second period of Monday’s matinee at Co-op Place. In the last 20 seconds of the second period, Lodge hit Tigers forward Ethan ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers capped off the weekend in a big way. The Tigers, coming off a pair of overtime losses, beat the Red Deer Rebels 10-1 on Monday to earn four of six points in their three-game weekend. They entered play Monday off a pair of overtime losses, falling 5-4 in Red Deer ... Read More »

It is Sunday afternoon and I am sitting at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary and it’s been a full 48 hours since my partner had surgery to remove a lesion from the outer part of his liver. I want to take a few paragraphs to reflect on what those hours have looked like for ... Read More »

In Alberta today, the sign of a broken social contract isn’t hidden – it’s in the line at the local food bank. That line now regularly includes working families with two incomes, people who play by the rules but are being crushed by the affordability crisis. When hard-working households cannot cover groceries, the idea that ... Read More »

Calling all perimenopausal and menopausal ladies, this article is for you. Have you spent days with sinuses that feel like they could explode, a nose that is running a marathon, using eye drops or taking allergy pills like they are candy to alleviate the itching in your eyes? Is your skin itchy? Most days I ... Read More »

Dear editor, I find the furor over the upcoming Rebel News Panel at Medicine Hat College both curious and unsettling. “Thou doth protest too much, methinks.” I think so much of modern-day protest is just too over-the-top. What is the phrase? Too excessive to be credible? I am compelled to monitor the impending local media ... Read More »

Dear editor, Is there a line our value system does not want crossed when it comes to freedom of speech? The present feeling is anyone can say anything about anybody because that is freedom of speech. Well, I’m sorry to report it isn’t quite that way. There are libel laws preventing me from calling my ... Read More »

Dear editor, I’m writing regarding our local college’s decision to host a Rebel News Panel. Medicine Hat College’s motto is “Scientia Mentem Sustinet,” which is Latin for “Knowledge Sustains the Mind.” This motto invites a reasonable inquiry into the College’s decision to host Rebel News Panelist Tamara Lich – among others – as a speaker. ... Read More »