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newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Local eateries are busy preparing for a three-day “Foodie” festival that starts Thursday at noon in downtown Medicine Hat. The Downtown Days Food & Beverage Expo will include live music, outdoor sidewalk sales, special events and of course plenty of food from local businesses in the heart of the Hat. The festival starts at ... Read More »

bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Although the city isn’t looking to resurrect the popular Riverside Waterslides, it is considering constructing a brand new outdoor pool, potentially with an outdoor waterslide, behind Hillcrest Church. City councillors approved a motion Monday evening that will now allow the city to initiate a public engagement process with the community to gauge interest for ... Read More »

The Roots Youth Shelter is closing its doors due to funding changes. The news came Tuesday afternoon in a social media post from the McMan Medicine Hat’s Facebook page, announcing the Youth Shelter’s final night of operations and admissions would be Thursday, Sept. 18. Final discharges and effective closure will come the next day. The ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Mavericks have named a new head coach for next summer. The Mavs announced via social media Monday that assistant coach Ryan Reed has been promoted to the head coach position for the 2026 season. Reed joined the Mavs this summer from Mid-America Christian University where he is the assistant coach and ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club broke out the yardsticks for its annual tournament. The local club held the Welltraxx Yardstick tournament on Saturday, an event that is played as regular lawn bowls with the exception that all the bowls, on either team, score if they are within a yard of the jack. It’s ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The WCBL’s Harry Hallis Memorial Trophy will have some Saskatchewan fun this winter. The Regina Red Sox captured the Western Canadian Baseball League crown on Saturday, beating the Sylvan Lake Gulls 5-4 to win the finals 2-1 and raise the franchise’s third championship. It’s their first title win since 2012, the second of back-to-back ... Read More »

I have previously written on the topic of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder as it relates to first responders. After that column appeared, a former police officer, who is now a coworker, reached out to me as they have been diagnosed with PTSD and suggested I read Andrew McLean’s book Beaten Black & Blue – A Journey ... Read More »

Last week, as we celebrated Local Food Week from Aug. 11-17, and this past weekend’s Open Farm Days on Aug. 16-17, I was reminded once again why Alberta stands as Canada’s agricultural powerhouse. From endless seas of prairie wheat to rugged ranchlands, Alberta has always been a place where hard work, innovation and pride in ... Read More »

Proving that the bond between Canada and the United States is too strong to evaporate over the actions of one man, a few hundred people from northern U.S. and southern Canada gathered at the International Peace Garden recently for what was called a “Handshake Across the Border.” The Canadian participants lined up on one side, ... Read More »

Dear editor, A person’s financial position at retirement affects the meaning for “pension.” A retiring Alberta teacher at age 55 with 30 years experience will have a guaranteed defined benefit pension, which will pay around $50,000 annually if the highest salary approximates $85,000. CPP and OAS could add another $20,400 for a retirement income of ... 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 »