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bmiller@medicinehatnews.com The region is one step close to building a composting facility to serve Medicine Hat, Redcliff and Cypress Country, however the estimated cost has ballooned to as high as $20 million, council heard Monday. The city seeks to weigh the benefits of collaborating with regional partners as well as partnering with an international environment ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Hatters will see a slight increase to their natural gas bill as September’s default rate moves to $0.791 GJ, up from August’s rate of $0.642 GJ. September is the last month of this quarter’s calculated electricity rate from July to September, set at $0.05269 kWh, however under the local electric utility bylaw, this rate ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com While he isn’t expecting Hatters to necessarily make him their first choice, council candidate Kaleb Orge believes he belongs in the top eight. Orge feels a strong sense of obligation to the city; he shared that he has been working to become the kind of person he would feel comfortable voting for since the ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Connaught Golf Club’s annual Southeastern tournament wrapped up summer 2025. A total of 120 players took part in the 92nd annual Southeastern, the three-day Labour Day weekend golf tournament hosted at Connaught. Ryan Werre won the men’s division with a final round of 67 after opening the tournament with a 70 and 71. ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Finishing up his fourth training camp with the Medicine Hat Tigers, Jordan Switzer’s in line to compete to be the starter, something he’s been chasing for the past two years. It’s only fitting he’s got competition once again. “It’s a different feeling, especially being a younger guy, this is my fourth camp now which ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Four days of hockey left a lot of impressions for the Medicine Hat Tigers staff. The WHL champions wrapped up their training camp Sunday after four days of scrimmages at Co-op Place between 86 players, from overagers to freshly drafted 2010-born players. Training camps have gotten more difficult to assess, head coach and general ... Read More »

Online scamming is getting out of control, with Canadians losing $310 million in 2024 alone. Today, it’s not as easy to spot an illegitimate proposal – the bad ones were riddled with spelling errors or sloppily reproduced logos – because AI technology is cleaning everything up. It’s generally assumed that seniors are victimized more often ... Read More »

Are you a long-term employee within your organization? Does that even exist anymore? I am feeling a bit sad but also excited as I share this. After consideration, I have made the decision to leave an organization after working there for 20 years. It is a decision I took seriously, and the decision was mine ... Read More »

Interesting to note that according to the latest offering from Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health, a two-drink-per week suggestion was put forth because even a low consumption of alcohol carries with it a health risk. Heck, a lot of people I know have a two-drink-per-half-hour intake. More than two drinks a week won’t kill ... Read More »

Dear editor, On Aug. 1, with minimal announcement, the Alberta government enacted new rules ending public disclosure requirements for the premier, cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and for all their staff, all of whom were no longer required to publicly post receipts for their expenses over $100. Also, the UCP removed from public view eight years ... Read More »

Dear editor, In response to a recent letter to the editor that appeared in the News on Aug. 21, written by Ben Moffat. First the heading of the letter described the UCP as undermining Canadian institutions; I am not aware of any “Canadian institutions” that weren’t already decimated or undermined by 10 years of Liberal ... Read More »

Dear editor, Now that they understand their referendum on Albertan “independence” is about to be soundly defeated, the UCP, their local supporters – the Black Hats and the Governor-in-Waiting Premier Smith – are turning their attentions to threatening some of our great Canadian institutions by emulating their U.S. – often Texan – heroes. They should ... Read More »