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@MedicineHatNews Several points of information were incorrect in an article this week regarding a community survey on a food waste pilot program in Medicine Hat published June 13. The number of households taking part number 4,000, not 400 as stated. A survey showed 64 per cent on Hatters who answered would be “very likely” to ... Read More »

@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 »

The Medicine Hat Mavericks shook off their Sunday woes. The Mavs were in the drivers seat with a 6-1 win over the Moose Jaw Miller Express at Athletic Park, collecting their first win in an afternoon game. “It was a good win right there, a Sunday win, we haven’t been good on the Sundays,” centre fielder ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat Mavericks have been looking for the middle ground between the highs and lows they’ve experienced this season. They’ve been on both sides of blowouts and big innings and are trying to get to what had coach Kevin Mitchell describes as a level of homeostasis. Saturday night at Athletic Park started at a ... 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 »

@@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 »