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@@CollinGallant Alberta’s counties and municipal districts say the problem of unpaid taxes on oil and gas wells is worsening even though the sector is relatively stable. Rural Municipalities of Alberta states that unpaid property tax bills from petroleum producers totalled $67.8 million in the 2024 tax year, up from $42.9 million in 2023. That brings ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat police say they have received a number of reports from residents who have received a text message advising that they owe money for outstanding parking tickets. The text message appears as an “Alberta Violation Notice,” and links a fraudulent site that appears to look like an Alberta government payment portal. In the ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com March is Kidney Health Month, and in honour of World Kidney Day on Thursday, the the Kidney Foundation of Canada’s southern Alberta branch encouraged residents to take some time to learn their personal risk factors. The theme for this year’s World Kidney Day was, “Are Your Kidneys OK? Detect early, protect kidney health,” and ... Read More »

The Medicine Hat Tigers got comeback retribution over four months in the making. The Tigers scored four times in the third period Friday, ultimately beating the Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-5 in overtime to complete the comeback and recorded a seventh win in a row. Friday’s win comes over four months after the Tigers had a 6-3 ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers’ fight for the Eastern conference lead continues into the penultimate weekend of the regular season. The Tigers are at Lethbridge tonight taking on the Hurricanes before they host the Red Deer Rebels on Saturday, four much-needed points for the orange and black who enter the weekend tied in points with ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League will return to its roots this summer The WCBL is holding an inaugural Rural Roots Baseball Classic, paying homage to its history with a regular-season game between the Lethbridge Bulls and Sylvan Lake Gulls at Doug Lehman Field in Oyen on June 8. In a press release Thursday, the ... Read More »

On that magical night of the Four Nations final, we were one. No East. No West. No English. No French. Just Canada-coast to coast, fists clenched, eyes locked on the screen. And when Connor McDavid buried that overtime winner, it wasn’t just a hockey game we won. It was a moment of unity. A reminder ... Read More »

Hooray for Premier Danielle Smith, who stood tall last Wednesday by going to bat for Alberta and Canada in the tariff fight against U.S. President Donald Trump. Until she did that, during a press conference in Medicine Hat, Smith had been slapped with a negative label in Canada for not forcefully decrying the tariffs which, ... Read More »

As I navigate the world of a ‘leftie’ due to my recent tumble, I am intrigued by the number of people in this world who identify as left-handed and how they have dealt with what I view as a challenging situation. According to healthline.com, 10 per cent of the world’s population is left-handed. That means ... Read More »

Re: Letter to the editor, published Feb. 11 Dear editor, Mr. Elder has presented a very narrow and slanted view to the public regarding the proposed project on the city’s grounds by the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede. It is disheartening for the tens of thousands of Stampede volunteers over the past 130-plus years to ... Read More »

Dear editor, I am horrified but not surprised by the recent (and timely, ie – let’s show them we care, or better yet, let’s distract them from a really big issue currently in the news) announcement in regards to the plan to build two centres in the province to house those under pseudo arrest using ... Read More »

Dear editor, The line in the sand of truth and consequences has been drawn between the free world and the U.S. thanks to the current president. That president has sided with Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Haiti and 10 more countries in voting against a U.N. resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ... Read More »