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news@medicinehatnews.com Beginning Tuesday a section of the trail in the north end of Southridge Community Park will be temporarily closed as the park is scheduled to undergo two phases of rehabilitation work to be completed in August. The first phase will require the washroom on the north end temporarily closed until work that will enhance ... Read More »

news@medicinehatnews.com For the third consecutive weekend the city is hosting another block party during its summer series at Towne Square with the theme of celebrating childhood. The series of weekly block parties provides free activities, games, entertainment for residents every Saturday to help cultivate the vibrancy by extending programming efforts downtown. Celebrating Childhood runs from ... Read More »

@MedicineHatNews A major greenhouse in Medicine Hat will officially apply to change its use to reflect that it grows vegetables, not cannabis, this week. The municipal planning commission will meet Wednesday to hear an application from Bevo Farms related to its facility at 3101 Box Springs Way, better known at the Aurora Sun greenhouse. That ... Read More »

Sunday was Bark in the Park day at Athletic Park and it was the Medicine Hat Mavericks who were the real dogs of the afternoon. The Mavs overcame 10-4 deficit in the sixth inning, scoring eight unanswered runs for a 12-10 win over the Edmonton Prospects. It’s a win head coach Kevin Mitchell says they ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat Mavericks came up short in a back-and-forth affair Saturday night. The Mavs traded runs throughout the night with the Okotoks Dawgs, ultimately falling 6-5 in the 12th inning. Medicine Hat came into the contest off a 9-8 win Friday at Okotoks over the Dawgs. The Mavs opened the contest in the first ... Read More »

Medicine Hat Tigers forward Andrew Basha gets to call his hometown, his NHL home. The 18-year-old forward was selected 41st overall by the Calgary Flames, being the ninth pick of the second round of the NHL’s Entry Draft Saturday at Las Vegas. Basha worked his way into a late first-round touted prospect with a standout ... 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 »

Canada’s Conservative Opposition has worked tirelessly during this last session of Parliament to hold the Liberal government accountable and bring common sense leadership back to Ottawa. With the House of Commons now recessed for the summer, I’m proud to reflect on the efforts our Conservative caucus made on matters from inflationary spending, tax increases and ... Read More »

The New York Times posted a story this week wondering whether society has reached a peak as far as baby names go. The world was agog a few years ago when actress Gwyneth Paltrow named her baby girl Apple, but some of the more recent baby names have gone far beyond the norm. Such as ... 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 »