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asmith@medicinehatnews.com Council candidate Clayton Stevens is, above all, looking to be part of a council that has the average resident in mind. His decision to run for council was founded in recent struggles he and fellow residents have had in regards to the Mustard Seed, which made Stevens feel that some parts of the city ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The province’s portal to pre-order paid COVID-19 vaccinations for the fall is now open, though the site notes that receiving the vaccine is not guaranteed. A policy shift in June made provincial governments responsible for procuring vaccine doses, and Alberta’s government made the decision to put the immunization in a similar vein to RSV, ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Athlete, author and stage 4 cancer survivor Helene Neville made her way through Medicine Hat early this week as she follows Terry Fox’ planned route across Canada. Neville, a U.S. resident, started her long-distance running career in 2010 with a run from California to Florida, which is where she discovered her love for these ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The four Medicine Hat Tigers playing at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup opened their tournaments Monday in winning fashion. Canada, with forwards Markus and Liam Ruck, beat Finland 5-3, and the United States, with forwards Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and Noah Davidson, beat Czechia 6-3 on the first day of play at the U18 tournament hosted in ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat U17 Thunder Red recorded two wins at Westerns in Regina over the weekend. The Thunder Red opened their Westerns play with a 9-2 win over Manitoba’s Central Energy. Gracie Eddy had three hits and four RBIs in the win. Ryleigh Jackiw had a pair of hits and an RBI. Adriene Campbell ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat’s Keegan Kolody has found his new specialty race, one he’s captured national gold in. The 21-year-old track athlete captured a gold medal in the 800m Para ambulatory race at the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Ottawa on Aug. 2. Kolody, losing his right shoe at the start of the race, ran ... Read More »

The What Matters to Hatters Coalition remains focused on reducing stigma related to substance use and mental illness in our community by promoting the importance of kindness and connection. We believe everyone should be offered kindness and connection, including people who may be struggling with substance use disorder or mental illness. For many, their trauma ... Read More »

“What did I ever do to you? I don’t deserve this, that much is true. And I don’t think there’s much that I can do. Stop screaming, you’re turning blue.” – From the song “What Did I Ever Do To You” by The Hives Yeah, I had never heard of the above song either. When ... Read More »

Every parent’s worst nightmare became reality recently when a new mother was rushed to the Medicine Hat and District Hospital with her two-month-old baby who was having trouble breathing. The doctors and nurses determined that the mother and baby needed to be airlifted to Calgary immediately. Upon touchdown in Calgary, they were then taken to ... Read More »

Dear editor: Larry Simcoe’s recent letter to the editor has some accurate facts but some inaccurate assumptions regarding the Canada Pension Plan and retirement. First off, the CPP is a real pension. Its initial structure (1966) was not a pension plan, but reforms enacted in 1998 turned the CPP into a real pension plan, independent ... Read More »

Dear editor, It has been said many times, “justice delayed is justice denied.” I do not believe we are entirely forsaken yet, because there has finally been some movement in the court proceedings against the local podcaster Thomas Fougere. After the past nine months with numerous previous appearances through an agent, a plea of not ... Read More »

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