Featured Story

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Carrier Stober, who has been a member of the Medicine Hat Police Services Victims Services Unit since 2016, is the recipient of the 2025 Department of Justice Canada Award for Excellence in Victim Services. Each year the federal government recognizes one individual with a long track record of empowering and supporting victims and survivors ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com As boating season begins in Alberta, the provincial government is warning boat owners to expect to be inspected for invasive species. Currently, the province remains 100 per cent free of zebra mussels and quagga mussels, but with reports increasing across the United States and Canada, the province is wary of the possibility of these ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The city has opened two of its four spray parks for kids and families looking to cool down over the long weekend. Both the Strathcona Island Park and Kiwanis Central Park spray parks opened for the season on Friday with normal operation hours from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Next Friday, May 23, the ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb All it takes is one shot. To find success, take a step and move on to the next level, it takes but one shot to make it happen. It’s why Bryce Pickford spent his summer and his downtime during the WHL season firing shot after shot on the ice and off, firing away at ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The WHL’s coaching carousel is in full speed. Two Western Hockey League Club’s announced coaching changes Thursday for the 2025-26 season. The Lethbridge Hurricanes and Swift Current Broncos will be looking for new bench bosses. The Hurricanes announced head coach Bill Peters chose not renew his contract with the club. “It’s the right time, ... Read More »

Put on some music, the Medicine Hat Tigers are dancing with the Ed Chynoweth Cup. The Tigers beat the Spokane Chiefs 4-2 Friday night at the Spokane Arena, winning Game 5 of the WHL Championship series to win the series 4-1 and claim the franchise’s sixth championship. With the win, the Tigers tie the Kamloops ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant The Prince of Wales Trophy and Clarence Campbell Bowl lead lonely existences, shunned by their owners for fear a mere touch would jinx their ultimate chances at the Stanley Cup. Don’t expect the same treatment for the Ed Chynoweth Cup by the winner of the Western Hockey League. They are sure to grab it, ... Read More »

I’ve never been much for book reviews – and it’s not going to become a habit – but if you’re into Canadian history in rapid-fire, short doses, a book put together by the Toronto Globe & Mail staff might be one for you. Titled ‘A Nation’s Paper,’ the book features 30 chapters on a wide ... Read More »

People will often ask me how I decide on the topics I write on, or if I ever run out of article ideas. The answer is I never run out of things to say, and I write on what I am passionate about. Often the topics come to me via news or journal articles, books ... Read More »

Dear editor, It’s time those who say we should become the 51st state begin to understand Canadian history and geography. Canada’s southern border divides us from those with differing views and expectations – it is a totally appropriate and wonderful boundary. Those who seek to dissolve it like the Orange Autocrat and the supposed one-fifth ... Read More »

Dear editor, Everyone needs a safe, decent, affordable place to call home. But for too long, our housing system has felt like an unfair game rigged against us all. Rents are skyrocketing. Mortgage rates are unpredictable. Buying a home is beyond reach. In our own community, there just isn’t enough housing for it to be ... Read More »

Dear editor, I’m sure you have noticed the dusty, dirty, polluted, unhealthy springtime air in Medicine Hat caused by the thick layer of sand/dirt layered on city streets over the winter. It is terribly unhealthy for city residents with any type of breathing, sinus or allergy conditions. These layers upon layers of sand/dirt on the ... Read More »