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Carbon Capture Energy Minister Brian Jean is set to announce details on Monday of provincial support for a carbon sequestration hub being developed near Edmonton by Shell and Atco. The City of Medicine Hat is developing its own project and has said details of a memorandum of understanding could be coming soon. Industry observers are ... Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The recent heavy rainfall Cypress County has experienced has taken a toll on its more than 2,400 kilometres of gravel roads, as residents report poor conditions and large potholes. County officials say the frequency of rainfall has resulted in the gravel surface to become “soft” as the crushed rocks get absorbed into the surface ... Read More »

@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 »

The Medicine Hat Mavericks bounced back in a big way Sunday. After a 4-0 shut-out loss Saturday to Regina, Medicine Hat answered back with a 10-4 win Sunday over the Red Sox. The win gives the Mavs a third victory through the first four contests of their five-game road trip. The two teams traded runs ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat Mavericks were held off the scoresheet Saturday. The Mavs were limited to five hits at Regina, falling to the Red Sox 4-0. Saturday’s loss snaps the Mavs two-game win streak to start their five-game Saskatchewan road trip that started with back-t0-back wins over the Saskatoon Berries. Regina starting pitcher Daniel Crabtree recorded ... 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 »

@@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 »