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@MedicineHatNews The jobless rate in the region remained about level in June at 5.3 per cent, while the provincial rate rose, according to figures from Statistics Canada released Friday. The local rate for the combined Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region fell by one-tenth of a percentage point compared to the same time last year, and is ... Read More »

@MedicineHatNews Flow in the South Saskatchewan River has doubled over the last four days, putting the level back into the normal range for the first time since May. However, new water supply forecasts as of July 1 still predict “much below average” levels of major rivers in southern Alberta, including the Bow, Oldman and Milk. ... Read More »

news@medicinehatnews.com Beginning Monday a two-block section of Woodman Avenue will be closed for road rehabilitation work that will be completed in two separate stages until September. Crews will begin work on the first stage of work that stretches from the intersection of Dominion Street up to the intersection of Queen Street. The work includes an ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks got a five-game road trip through Saskatchewan off on a high note. The Mavs squashed some Berries on Thursday, beating Saskatoon 8-2. Medicine Hat came into the contest off an off day Wednesday, following a 6-4 loss Tuesday at Athletic Park to the Sylvan Lake Gulls. Jordan Phillips had three ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Hunter St. Martin had a unique NHL Draft day experience. The 19-year-old Medicine Hat Tigers forward was eating lunch on June 29 after a round of golf with his parents, best friend and billet brother at the Black Hawk Golf Course in Edmonton. His sister, who works at the course, was serving them the ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat Mavericks turned some berries into a bloated win Friday. The Mavs put up 12 runs on 21 hits on the road, beating the Saskatoon Berries 12-4. Medicine Hat came into the contest off an 8-2 win Thursday over the same Berries. The Mavs opened the scoring Friday with four runs in the ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant Forgetting the thunder that woke everyone up Friday morning, there’s several tell-tale signs that summer is on the way. Above-30C temperatures are on the horizon, the Stampede Parade in that other city was held Friday, and though the southeast is as green as Ireland at the moment, we can still see shades of brown ... Read More »

I have wanted to write this column for a while now, so here it goes. According to CBC News, in March of this year school districts in Toronto, Peel and Ottawa-Carleton, as well as Toronto’s Catholic schools, filed a $4.5-billion lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc, Snap Inc. and ByteDance Ltd., which operate Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat ... Read More »

There wasn’t much heat to beat Monday at the annual Canada Day Beat the Heat skateboard competition at the Medicine Hat Skateboard Park. Weather conditions were unusually cool and rainy, but the boarders didn’t seem to mind and the hundreds of spectators lining the edges of the facility took advantage of the best sporting deal ... Read More »

Dear editor, The Alberta Pension Plan is good for Albertans. It is constitutionally guaranteed that a province may withdraw from the Canadian Pension Plan and there is a formula for determining the amount owing to any province (in this case, Alberta) based on the amounts paid into it and withdrawn. Since Albertans consistently pay more ... Read More »

Dear editor, The responses to the short article by Ann Mitchell, CAO for Medicine Hat, attests to what appears to be the problem at city hall. Mayor Linnsie Clark and Ann Mitchell are at loggerheads. This unresolved issue has polarized council and understandably extends into the public as well. Mitchell wrote in the News (June ... Read More »

Dear editor, I am concerned about threats to abandon the successful, portable and trusted Canada Pension Plan. Pension plans are obviously not as simple as Mr. Younger’s contributions, paying for Mr. Older’s pension. I am not an actuarial authority, (just an opinionated old retired engineer), but my main concern is that many pension plans ultimately ... Read More »