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JAMES TUBB jtubb@medicinehatnews.com RIMOUSKI, QUE. The Medicine Hat Tigers were able to take some time this week at the Memorial Cup to enjoy themselves while preparing for the final game of their 2024-25 championship season. After the Tigers clinched their spot in the finals of the 105th Memorial Cup, they lined themselves up for four [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Junior High Athletic Association held their track and field meet on Wednesday. Seven Persons came out on top in 2025, leading the team aggregate standings. Seven Persons led the field with 218.5 points, with Notre Dame finishing second at 210 points and St. Mary’s finishing third at 204 points. Individual aggregate [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat High School Hawks competed at the South Zones Track and Field Championships on Thursday in Lethbridge. The event, held on a hot day in Lethbridge, was led by Charlee Routley bringing home the Jr. Girls Aggregate, and Adriene Campbell winning the Intermediate Girls Aggregate. Medicine Hat High brought home 18 golds [...] Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com The Monsignor McCoy Colts senior baseball team will play June 3 for the APBL championship. The Colts beat the LCI Rams 7-6 on Thursday to punch their ticket to the finals. They won in walk-off fashion, with a line drive to left field off the bat of Liam Cunningham to score Tate Bowal, who [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb RIMOUSKI, QUE. With 314 career regular season and playoff games in the Medicine Hat Tigers orange and black, Oasiz Wiesblatt has one more opportunity to represent the city he’s grown to love. “It’s really exciting, obviously it’s tough not being a Tiger after this one, but it’s really exciting,” Wiesblatt said Friday. “This group [...] Read More »

SESTRIERE, Italy (AP) — Simon Yates produced one of the greatest rides of his career, up one of cycling’s most grueling climbs, to all but win the Giro d’Italia on Saturday. Yates had started the penultimate stage in third, one minute and 21 seconds behind previous leader Isaac Del Toro but the British cyclist launched [...] Read More »

A joint funeral service is set to be held today in Walkerton, Ont. for two of the teens killed in a crash near London just over a week ago. Olivia Rourke, 17, and Danica Baker, 16, died along with two other girls and a teacher when their sport utility vehicle collided with another SUV and [...] Read More »

PARIS (AP) — When Jannik Sinner’s opponent in the French Open’s third round finally won a single game Saturday, the Court Suzanne-Lenglen crowd responded with a standing ovation. Sinner was simply too good on this day, extending his Grand Slam winning streak to 17 matches and looking very much like the No. 1-ranked man. Sinner [...] Read More »

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax hired John Heitinga as head coach on Saturday to replace Francesco Farioli nearly two weeks after the Italian resigned following the team’s late-season collapse. Heitinga, who had a spell as Ajax’s interim manager in 2023, spent the past season as an assistant coach to Arne Slot at Liverpool, which won the [...] Read More »

MONTMELO, Spain (AP) — Barcelona may be quickly approaching its end as a Formula 1 city after more than three decades of racing in northeastern Spain. The grand prix is under contract through next year, but the addition of a race in Madrid also in 2026 has put a bullseye on the event that has [...] Read More »