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Collin Gallant cgallant@medicinehatnews.com Regulators are expected to decide by year-end on whether the city can purchase the DP Energy “Saamis Solar Park” or operate it under the City of Medicine Hat’s unique power generation charter. Meanwhile, power division heads are clarifying potential costs and the timeline of the 1,600-acre project in the city’s north end. ... Read More »

@MedicineHatNews Medicine Hat was at risk of overnight frost last night, according to Environment Canada, and will be Wednesday as temperatures could fall as low as 1C. The note was issued on Monday afternoon as forecasts in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains pointed to frost from Rocky Mountain House to Claresholm. The cool ... Read More »

Minimum wage will rise to $15 per hour today in Saskatchewan, a point which now puts Alberta in a tie for the lowest in the country. The increase in Saskatchewan was announced earlier this year and adds $1 per hour to the lowest mandated wage that was last raised to $14 in late 2023. Alberta’s ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat College Rattlers’ men’s soccer team picked up a pair of wins over the weekend. The Rattlers won both of their games, beating the SAIT Trojans 2-1 Saturday at home before topping the Lethbridge Kodiaks 4-2 Sunday on the road. Tata Mugisha and Joao Cintra scored for the Rattlers against the Trojans, ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb A losing weekend against the Red Deer Rebels showed two different Medicine Hat Tigers teams. Friday’s 4-2 loss at Red Deer, was a game head coach Willie Desjardins says they weren’t focused for and it cost them. Saturday’s loss, a 4-3 comeback bid falling short at Co-op Place, saw more focus from the Tigers ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews All three Medicine Hat high school football teams were in action Friday night. The Medicine Hat High Hawks and Monsignor McCoy Colts picked up wins in their contests. The Hawks beat Foothills Composite 59-14 on the road. McCoy beat the Catholic Central Cougars 22-8. The Crescent Heights Vikings were also in action Friday night, ... Read More »

The Consumer Price Index declined 0.2% month over month in August after a 0.4% increase in July. This was below the average economists’ forecast calling for inflation to remain at the same level as July. In seasonally adjusted terms, headline prices were up 0.12% in August after a 0.25% increase in July. Year over year, ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant In business, the word “new” is probably the most important to use when wooing the masses, any ad exec will tell you. In investing however, “boring” and “disciplined” have more tangible track records. And so the Hat’s Heritage Savings Fund could soon be “rebranded” as the Medicine Hat Endowment fund, and given an official ... Read More »

Intergenerational healing may sound ominous to some. It means acknowledging or addressing any unresolved trauma we have inherited from our family. No family is perfect and everyone has encountered trauma of some kind. According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, there are many types of traumas we may have faced growing up. Some examples ... Read More »

Dear editor, Utility fees continue to rise aggressively more than the actual cost of the commodity; specifically electric energy and natural gas costs. One condominium corporation’s total electric costs, including fees (multi-resident building) year to date is $96,614. The actual energy used cost was $58,232, leaving $38,382 as fees, or 65.91 per cent of the ... Read More »

Dear editor, I see that the reopening of the pool area at the Big Marble Go Centre has now been delayed from Sept. 15 to Oct 11. The problem is, the last three visits I’ve had to the centre, I’ve seen a grand total of no more than two people working in the area each ... Read More »

Dear editor, I would like to congratulate the city on its foresight regarding the purchase of Saamis Solar Park. All municipalities will be looking at extra expenses as we transition toward a zero-carbon future (Medicine Hat’s were estimated about a year ago at $300+ million). Our city has started the work of planning for these ... Read More »