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asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Prairie Pride Guild of Medicine Hat and District invited residents down into Kin Coulee for a day of community before Pride Month came to a close with the “Pride for Everyone” event on Saturday. The day featured free hot dogs, the chance to tie-dye a bandana or any item that attendees brought for ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Despite some rain and the occasional threat of thunder, Canada Day was packed with activity throughout the city and beyond. For the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association, the party began the night before, with a glow-stick dance and various local punk bands, as well as the bold return of fireworks to Kin Coulee Park. “We ... 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 »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb What a difference a week makes. The Medicine Hat Mavericks won two of their three games this weekend, splitting a two-game set with the WCBL’s best Okotoks Dawgs with a 9-8 win Friday and a 6-5, 12th-inning loss Sunday. They finished the weekend with a 12-10, comeback win Sunday at Athletic Park over the ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The CHL’s Import Draft is on Wednesday and the Medicine Hat Tigers will be on the clock twice. Medicine Hat has the 47th and 107th picks in Wednesday’s draft, which gets underway at 9 a.m. This year’s draft marks the return of Russian and Belarusian players eligible for selection. They will be able to ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb After two seasons without a player drafted into the National Hockey League, the Medicine Hat Tigers were on display this weekend. The Tigers had four players selected in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft in Las Vegas, headlined by forward Cayden Lindstrom selected fourth overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday. Forward Andrew Basha ... 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 »