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asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Community Foundation of Southeast Alberta has announced the recipient of the Community Impact Award as the Neighbourhood Associations of Medicine Hat. The award, which is $25,000 for agencies with innovative project ideas, is designed by CFSEA to support a vibrant, healthy and caring community. “The Neighbourhoood Associations of Medicine Hat and Area is ... Read More »

@MedicineHatNews A Redcliff man has been sent to federal prison for five years for possessing and distributing child pornography. Robin Mark Kiemele, 59, pled guilty Tuesday morning in Alberta Court of Justice at Medicine Hat, about three months after his arrest this spring. “It’s disturbing and I sincerely hope you get help,” Justice Eric Brooks ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com An opportunity for those curious about nature but unsure of where to start, the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program is once again offering its Budding Botanists Nature Walk. Attendees will be joined by a park interpreter as they walk around Police Point Park, and learn practical plant identification skills while they explore the beauty of ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers selected two of the same countrymen in Wednesday’s CHL Import draft. With their first pick, the Tigers selected Finish defenceman Niilopekka Muhonen with the 47th pick. The 18-year-old left-shot defenceman was a fifth round, 158th overall pick by the Dallas Stars in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. He played a combined ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A rainy Canada Day couldn’t put a damper on the Medicine Hat Mavericks’ fireworks. The Mavs battled the elements and waved off comeback attempts as they beat the Weyburn Beavers 16-10 a little under an hour before fireworks painted the sky from the Stampede grounds. The Mavs had their own fireworks show at Athletic ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Monarchs hosted an eight-team Canada Day Classic this weekend. The Monarchs made it to the finals of the tournament that was ultimately rained out on Monday. They opened the tournament with a 10-7 win Saturday over the Regina Wolfpack. Asha Frey led the offence with two RBIs on two hits, and ... 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 »

@@CollinGallant Lethbridge College is now Lethbridge Polytechnic, which is kind of surprising and isn’t. The change, to offer apprentice programs alongside diplomas, was announced this week after several other schools – Red Deer College and Grande Prairie – received similar change in scope. Didn’t they get the “Campus Alberta” memo 10 years ago when the ... 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 »