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Thursday, July 3 1st – Terry Young 2nd – Loretta Donahue 3rd – Al Guscott 4th – Gerri Roseberry 5th – Jean Metz Monday, July 7 1st – Janet Squires 2nd – Rita Myson 3rd – Delaine Constant 4th – Eva Hamerston 5th – Al Guscott Thursday, July 10 1st – Sharon Wutch 2nd – ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat residents demonstrated their Canadian pride at the first opportunity to sign an official anti-separation petition. Canvassers had to begin their day an hour earlier than advertised thanks to a large turnout, organizer Betty Aiken told the News on site, opening their tables to interested Hatters at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday. Since it ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen on Thursday afternoon offered insight into recent rural investment, supporting various road and water projects. A total of $114.6 million in grant funding was announced in late July, provided as part of Budget 2025 through the Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program, the Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership and ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb There was a lot to love about Medicine Hat Mavericks’ head coach Jonathon Thornhill’s debut summer in the WCBL. The Mavs tallied 34 wins to their third best record since 2010 and the most wins since 2019, as they navigated a rainy summer and the dog days it brings. A summer of successes ultimately ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Western Canadian Baseball League championship is one day closer to being awarded. The WBCL finals kicked off Thursday night with the Regina Red Sox hosting the Sylvan Lake Gulls for Game 1 of the best-of-three championship series. Game 1 was not complete by press time. The rest of the series, Game 2 and ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Canada and the United States meet today for a spot in the gold medal game of the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. There are four Medicine Hat Tigers’ forwards vying for a spot in the gold finals in the game, with Markus and Liam Ruck representing Canada and Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll and Noah Davidson donning the ... 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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