The Calgary Flames have signed Medicine Hat Tigers forward Andrew Basha to an entry-level contract. The NHL club announced the signing on Sunday, agreeing to the standard three-year contract for a recently drafted player. The Flames selected Basha 41st overall in June’s NHL entry Draft. The 18-year-old Calgary product skated in two preseason games with
Read More »asmith@medicinehatnews.com Those looking to start with working lives, or possibly start fresh in a new career, are encouraged to visit Medicine Hat College this coming Wednesday for the annual Career Expo. “Each year, we are excited to see the uptake of employers from several diverse industries at our Career Expo event,” said MHC student career ... Read More »
2 days agoasmith@medicinehatnews.com Turnout for Kom Mo Taan, an opportunity to experience part of Blackfoot culture out at Police Point Park on Friday, was encouraging for the idea of truth and reconciliation. Throughout the morning, residents made their way out to a teepee erected outside the Nature Centre, learning how to make tobacco ties and proper protocol ... Read More »
2 days ago@@CollinGallant A “community satisfaction survey” of Hatters states most still are happy with the community and would recommend it as a place to live, but have plunging levels of confidence in local government. Levels of satisfaction in “municipal government, including council and administrators” fell to 49 per cent – down from 81 per cent in ... Read More »
2 days agoThe Calgary Flames have signed Medicine Hat Tigers forward Andrew Basha to an entry-level contract. The NHL club announced the signing on Sunday, agreeing to the standard three-year contract for a recently drafted player. The Flames selected Basha 41st overall in June’s NHL entry Draft. The 18-year-old Calgary product skated in two preseason games with ... Read More »
15 hours agoThe Medicine Hat Tigers couldn’t complete the comeback bid Saturday night. The Tigers scored twice in the third period but couldn’t come all the way back, falling 4-3 at Co-op Place to the Red Deer Rebels. Medicine Hat came into the contest off a 4-2 loss Friday at Red Deer. Head coach Willie Desjardins liked ... Read More »
1 day agojtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb From Hat High green to Rattler yellow, Chad Watson is going back in time in a new role. The Medicine Hat High School athletic co-ordinator and former senior boys basketball head coach has joined the Medicine Hat College Rattlers program as the new women’s bench boss. Watson played for MHC from 1999-2002 before embarking ... Read More »
2 days agoThe Consumer Price Index declined 0.2% month over month in August after a 0.4% increase in July. This was below the average economists’ forecast calling for inflation to remain at the same level as July. In seasonally adjusted terms, headline prices were up 0.12% in August after a 0.25% increase in July. Year over year, ... Read More »
2 days ago@@CollinGallant In business, the word “new” is probably the most important to use when wooing the masses, any ad exec will tell you. In investing however, “boring” and “disciplined” have more tangible track records. And so the Hat’s Heritage Savings Fund could soon be “rebranded” as the Medicine Hat Endowment fund, and given an official ... Read More »
2 days agoIntergenerational healing may sound ominous to some. It means acknowledging or addressing any unresolved trauma we have inherited from our family. No family is perfect and everyone has encountered trauma of some kind. According to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, there are many types of traumas we may have faced growing up. Some examples ... Read More »
5 days agoDear editor, Utility fees continue to rise aggressively more than the actual cost of the commodity; specifically electric energy and natural gas costs. One condominium corporation’s total electric costs, including fees (multi-resident building) year to date is $96,614. The actual energy used cost was $58,232, leaving $38,382 as fees, or 65.91 per cent of the ... Read More »
6 days agoDear editor, I see that the reopening of the pool area at the Big Marble Go Centre has now been delayed from Sept. 15 to Oct 11. The problem is, the last three visits I’ve had to the centre, I’ve seen a grand total of no more than two people working in the area each ... Read More »
6 days agoDear editor, I would like to congratulate the city on its foresight regarding the purchase of Saamis Solar Park. All municipalities will be looking at extra expenses as we transition toward a zero-carbon future (Medicine Hat’s were estimated about a year ago at $300+ million). Our city has started the work of planning for these ... Read More »
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