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asmith@medicinehatnews.com Now is the time to take a look in garages for old hockey and ringette gear, as the Lions’ Gear Up event is right around the corner. This year’s event will mark 12 years of the good faith gear exchange program, which allows for families to source gently used equipment at no charge, and ... Read More »

The Alberta Beef Producers is withdrawing its membership from the Canadian Cattle Association. The provincial beef commission announced Tuesday that effective July 1, 2026, it will no longer contribute to the CCA budget. “Membership in national organizations like the CCA must deliver clear value to Alberta’s cattle producers,” said Doug Roxburgh, chair of ABP. “ABP ... Read More »

Medicine Hat is less than a year away from hosting the Special Olympics Canada Summer Games. Monday kicked off the countdown for the national games coming to Medicine Hat as the one-year mark as preparations are in full swing for the largest sporting event in the city’s history. The Games, running Aug. 11-15, 2026, will ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Sylvan Lake Gulls are soaring to new heights. Sylvan Lake advanced to the WCBL finals Monday with an 8-4 win at home over the Okotoks Dawgs, punching their ticket to the championship series for the first time in their five-year existence. The Gulls’ finals appearance also ends a run of consecutive finals appearances ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Tigers were well represented at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup on Tuesday. The Ruck twins recorded their first points of the U18 tournament with a combined trio of assists in Canada’s 9-1 win over Switzerland. Markus had a pair of helpers, notching two assists on a pair of goals by Spokane Chiefs ... 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 »

Book No. 4, Blankets by Craig Thompson, is the last in the list of books I vowed to read as it pertains to our government’s ridiculous notion that book banning in schools is acceptable in 2025. Here is my review of this 582-page graphic novel. First, it contains the most powerful images and text I ... Read More »

So far, Medicine Hat has two people officially in the running for mayor, although a third, former UCP MLA Drew Barnes, said in a News article last week that he, too, would be filing papers to be on the ballot Oct. 20. Alan Rose was the first to declare his intention to run for mayor, ... 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 »

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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