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Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat Mayor Linnsie Clark looks to keep her seat atop the council horseshoe. The first-term mayor has filed her nomination package, joining the list of candidates running for mayor in the Oct. 20 municipal election. She joins current councillor Andy McGrogan, former MLA Drew Barnes, second-time candidate Alan Rose and local ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Bringing past experience to a future-forward mindset, Bill Cocks is looking to make a return to Medicine Hat’s city council. He says his decision to run in the upcoming election has come after serious thought and after persistent inquiries from the public on whether he would consider another term on council. Cocks says that ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com Applications opened this week for the 2025 Field Law Community Fund Program. With this year’s funding, the program has invested $1 million into 165 grassroots initiatives over the past 13 years. The Field Law Community Fund program began in 2013, providing funding opportunities to support education, health care, at-risk youth, homelessness, women’s organizations, diversity ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Cruz Chase had been connected with the Medicine Hat Tigers long before he debuted at training camp in August. The 17-year-old net minder toured the Tigers’ locker room in 2021 while playing with the Airdrie Xtreme at the Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds tournament. Fast forward a few years, after he was selected 136th overall ... Read More »

sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Now begins the stretch drive of the 2025 regular season. Every team has six games to go. It is clear Saskatchewan is the pick of the CFL litter. With a record of 10-2 it would take a collapse of epic proportion to keep them from finishing in first place. They are second in total ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb The Medicine Hat Tigers head to the Yukon looking to capture a second piece of hardware in 2025. The Tigers leave today for Whitehorse with the WHL’s Yukon Showcase to get underway tonight. They will face the Kelowna Rockets in a pair of preseason games at Takhini Arena in Whitehorse, with the winner of ... Read More »

Most Hatters want to do their civic duty on Oct. 20 and cast their ballot for mayor, city councillors and school trustees to handle the affairs of Medicine Hat and area. But I see a problem. I don’t know enough about most of the 31 (at last count) city council hopefuls to intelligently make my ... Read More »

Are you like many trying to understand how the unhoused (homeless) population came to be? It is not just Medicine Hat struggling to provide services for this population. To some extent, it is every community in Canada. Now that I am working in downtown Medicine Hat I see men and women, young and old, wandering ... 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 »

Dear editor, At the Alberta Next town hall meeting last week in Medicine Hat I observed a well-rehearsed dog and pony show masquerading as democracy. Slick videos with questionable statistics condensed complex ideas into tidbits designed to delight and lead the UCP base gathered there. The intent was to show how separation from Canada was ... Read More »

Dear editor, I did the survey for the proposed ADAP program the other day. It took about 20 minutes, and everyone should do it – it is very eye opening. Like all Alberta government surveys they are skewed to the government point of view, but if you are determined you can get your point of ... 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 »