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jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers aren’t shying away from a disappointing loss Wednesday night. Captain Oasiz Wiesblatt was quick to shoulder the brunt of the loss, a 7-6 defeat at Lethbridge to the Hurricanes where he scored and had two assists but also led the team with three penalties. Medicine Hat took seven trips to [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Crescent Heights Vikings Sr. Girls volleyball team won the league championship on their own court Wednesday night. The Vikings beat Brooks High School in two sets (25-12, 25-23) to capture the first volleyball league banner since 1985. They entered the playoffs first in the league but with a young group, featuring only two [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The 3J and 2J South Zone Jr High Athletic Association volleyball titles were awarded this week. Eagle Butte High School was the site of the South Zone Junior High Athletic Association 3J Girls Volleyball championships. Irvine won the the zone championship, beating Lethbridge’s Immanuel Christian Eagles. The Irvine Tigers beat the Eagles 2-1 in [...] Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Medicine Hat’s bid to host the 2026 Memorial Cup is officially out of the local committee’s hands. The committee, led by chair Brent Sauer, sat down virtually with the Canadian Hockey league on Oct. 30 for a 90-minute meeting, the final in the process before the winner is to be announced in late November, [...] Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews It’s been a long time since a team ventured into Winnipeg for the Western Final without fear in their hearts, believing they can win. But that is the situation Saturday when the Saskatchewan Roughriders set up camp by the Red River, even if they haven’t won there in six years. They beat the Bombers [...] Read More »

CALGARY – The Canadian Football League says the Calgary Stampeders will host the 113th Grey Cup in 2026. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says he’s thrilled the game will be returning to Calgary. It is to be played at McMahon Stadium on Nov. 15, 2026. It would be the sixth time the city has hosted, with [...] Read More »

CALGARY – The Canadian Football League says Calgary will host the Grey Cup in 2026. More coming[...] Read More »

Inter Milan winger Tajon Buchanan, recovered from a broken leg suffered in training at this summer’s Copa America, is back in Jesse Marsch’s Canada squad for the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal against Suriname. The 25-year-old from Brampton, Ont., underwent surgery July 3 to repair a fractured tibia in Texas. Canada, ranked 35th in the world, [...] Read More »

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand are through to the doubles final at the WTA Finals after a 7-6 (7), 6-1 victory over Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the United States and Australia’s Ellen Perez in semifinal action Friday. Dabrowski and Routliffe won a hard-fought first set against serve when [...] Read More »

AMSTERDAM (AP) – Young people on scooters attacked Israeli fans in hit-and-run assaults overnight after a soccer game in Amsterdam apparently fueled by calls to target Jewish people spread on social media, Dutch authorities said Friday. Five people were treated in hospitals and dozens were arrested. Tensions had been mounting in the Dutch capital over [...] Read More »