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asmith@medicinehatnews.com Parkside School was overflowing with Redcliff and area residents as they gathered to honour the fallen and those who still fight on for freedom. This year’s Remembrance Day Ceremony began as it has for many years prior, with veterans, RCMP, dignitaries, cadets and scouts gathering outside the Redcliff Legion. After forming up, the march, ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Police Service is reporting a resurgence in the “Grandparent Scam” in the southern Alberta area. This scam primarily preys on older people who are likely to be grandparents, and calls pretending to be their grandchild in some form of significant distress, such as a car accident, returning from a foreign country, ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Earlier this month saw the ninth and final launch of ConnectCare, which allows health-care professionals to access a provincewide clinical information system. Bringing more than 11,000 additional staff and physicians at 155 AHS and AHS-partner sites and locations on board, this launch gives health-care providers more tools to support their patients at a significantly ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers were able to snap out a slump with the shortest lineup of the season. After falling 4-2 to the Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday, the Tigers bounced back with an 8-4 drubbing of the 2024 WHL champion Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday. Both games at Co-op Place featured a shorthanded ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Cubs gave up a pair of five-spots in two losses over the weekend. The Cubs, starting a five-game road trip, lost 5-1 Friday at Okotoks to the Bisons and lost 5-2 at Coaldale to the Copperheads on Saturday. Medicine Hat entered the weekend off a pair of home wins, beating the ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monsignor McCoy Colts ended the football season on a high note. The Colts beat the Catholic Central Cougars 35-3 on Friday at the Methanex Bowl to win the 4A B-Side Jerry Dawson championship trophy. McCoy finished 9-2, their best record since 1999. Hawks fall in provincials The Medicine Hat High Hawks lost out ... Read More »

@@CollinGallant Eight years after politics as usual were flipped on its ear by a Donald Trump presidency, here we are again. We can only hope Ottawa has learned a thing or two, and Edmonton as well, for that matter. Of course, much is being made about the effect of the U.S. presidential campaign results on ... Read More »

I enjoy living in a small town. I feel the benefits of this living outweigh the benefits of living in a larger centre. It is quiet and peaceful and we have much to offer to the community and those visiting us. In 2023, the population of Redcliff was 5,924 people. What is the attraction for ... Read More »

The hottest topic in Ticked Off-Tickled Pink these days – a fairly accurate reflection of citizens’ views and concerns – is the redeveloped Division Avenue. Many people have complained about the narrowing of one of the city’s main north-south arteries and how turning on or off the avenue will be made more difficult, and snow ... Read More »

Dear editor, I am the daughter of a veteran of the First World War. When I was 10 years old in Grade 5 in 1963, our class was getting ready for Remembrance Day when my teacher was telling us the importance of remembering those who fought in the wars. I put up my had to ... Read More »

Dear editor, Re: Thankfulness on Remembrance Day We all understand we should be thankful for the service and sacrifices of Canada’s veterans, but, as I have come to know detailed examples of what some veterans experienced, my gratitude to all veterans has become more profound. I am lucky to have known some Second World War ... Read More »

Dear editor, Myself and family appreciate all the officers in the police force in our city. They protect homes and families. All officers put their lives in frontline danger to take care of people in this fair city. We respect all as they uniform up to a day’s work. With all the heavy gear these ... Read More »