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@MedicineHatNews Cypress County and the counties of Forty Mile and Newell, as well as Special Areas, are again on an initial list of regions where tax deferrals on cattle sales could be available due to drought. The federal program allows livestock producers to report unexpected income when selling head to avoid high feed costs to ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant Collin Gallant cgallant@medicinehatnews.com Twitter: CollinGallant Naheed Nenshi will appear at an event in Medicine Hat next Wednesday, just days before the leadership contest of the Alberta New Democrats concludes. Campaign staff for the former Calgary mayor say he will speak from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Monarch Theatre downtown. The results of the contest to ... Read More »

news@medicinehatnews.com Eighteen-year pro wrestling veteran “The Cowboy” Bryn Watts has battled the likes of WWE alumni The Bollywood Boyz and Tyler Breeze, and has a reputation as one of the hardest hitters in all of Canadian wrestling. Canadian Wrestling Elite has announced Watts will be joining the likes of WWF legend D-Lo Brown for its ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Mavericks made their debut at the Berry Patch this week. The Mavs played two games at Cairns Field, home of the Saskatoon Berries on Wednesday and Thursday, the first time Medicine Hat has played a WCBL game in the city since June 8, 2014 when they faced the then Saskatoon Yellow ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Canadian Hockey League’s deadline for WHL teams to submit an intent to bid on the 2026 Memorial Cup passed Friday. The Kelowna Rockets were the lone team to publicly announce their intent, doing so in a press conference Thursday. Any other WHL teams interested in making a bid to host the 2026 Memorial ... Read More »

A bloated inning by the Regina Red Sox was the downfall of the Medicine Hat Mavericks on Friday. The Mavs surrendered seven runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to fall 9-2 to the East division leading Red Sox. Medicine Hat came into the contest off a 6-4 win Thursday at Saskatoon over the ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant Calgary will stay at its highest alert level for water use for sometime, the bad news came late Friday. Now a state of emergency may be used to limit commercial water use, and create no end of complaints, it’s almost assured. And not just about a broken pipe but also broken communication – as ... Read More »

I’m a fan of photo radar. There, I’ve said it. That the idea of accelerating unnecessarily on the streets of Medicine Hat could result in an expensive ($100 or more) ticket arriving a week later in the mailbox is enough to make me constantly aware of my vehicle’s speed. When one considers that it takes ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant This time last year, Hatters and all Albertans really were in the same boat, fighting off a tide of high power prices. But now, as spring now turns to air-conditioning season, the tables have turned. Power prices on the Alberta grid sat at zero for long stretches this week as the wind blew and ... Read More »

Dear editor, The following is an email I sent to as many people as I could at city hall: My name is Brock Hale and I was the appellant in the appeal before the SDAB a few weeks ago. By now you probably know of our concerns. As a Harlow neighbourhood we have largely felt ... Read More »

Dear editor, Re: Local Government Primer Column – Municipal Matters, by Ann Mitchell – 6 June 2024 Whose idea was it to have our city manager write a column on governance? I was surprised to learn that Ann Mitchell is an expert on governance. If we have an expert on staff at the city, why ... Read More »

Dear editor, As a former daily and weekly newspaper reporter/photographer I am dismayed by how it appears the local news media reporters are being treated in Medicine Hat city council chambers. Since the new city hall opened, the news media had a semi-circular table with electronic plug-ins where they had a good view of council’s ... Read More »