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Colts combine for two-hitter against Talons

Monsignor McCoy's Colts continued their domination in the local high school baseball league Monday, applying the mercy rule in five innings with a 13-1 win against Eagle Butte. Cayden Rayner got the win on the mound as Colts pitchers combined for a two-hitter against the Talons.

Hat Rotary honours pair of non members

The Medicine Hat Rotary Club awarded two outstanding educators and citizens with the coveted Paul Harris Fellowship for efforts to improve the community both locally and abroad.

Campgrounds expecting a very busy May Long, filling up fast

It's looking like it will be a bustling weekend at campgrounds in the area for this Victoria Day long weekend. "It's looking fairly typical," said Peter Swain with Cypress Hill Interprovincial Park of site bookings so far for the long weekend.

Art Therapy program working

The program's seven participants attended group sessions once each week for eight weeks, beginning in February, where they were encouraged to explore their feelings through the creation of art.

Budget report shows City is saving $

For every dollar of red ink spent on city projects in 2011, $10 were either found in savings or cancelled altogether, according to the annual analysis released at Monday's Corporate Services Committee meeting of which projects came in under or over budget .

Vets pumped for summer with Monarchs

Konner Lutz and Braden Goldade want to soak in what might be their last summer playing baseball with their buddies. The pair are both set to be mainstays once again on the Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs American Legion AA baseball team.

Ferre, Devils go down

With about five minutes to play in the first period of Sunday's game against the Calgary Rockies at the Kinplex, Sun Devils goaltender Jordan Ferre attempted to a reach around to stop shot on what seemed like a harmless situation.

Guides seek the science of popcorn, pond scum

"Every year the entire area gets together and hosts an event," explained Judy Szemethy, Ross Glen District Commissioner, and this year they chose to go with a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics theme.

Hatter headed to Mem Cup

Hatter Keelin Boechler, 9, was the lucky winner of a nationwide contest to be one of the 16 flagbearers at this year's Memorial Cup tournament. And to say Boechler is a hockey fan is an understatement.

Electronic waste continues to pile in

Last year a total of 112 tonnes of e-waste was collected, said Phyllis Verhoeven with the Saamis Rotary Club ÑÊand while the exact numbers haven't been totalled, they're estimating that this year's amount is still up there in numbers.



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    Lethbridge police are pouring out their resources and pleading for the public's help to solve the first double homicide in the city's history. Two Lethbridge men, Marty Leon Steele, 35, and Aaron Louis Thacker, 30, were found stabbed to death in a northside park in the wee hours of Sunday…
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Local Sports

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    Considering even with the increase($1625 over 5 years) these Quebec residents will have an average tuition of about $3700. In Alberta the average is about $5800(currently ...not in 5 years). And also considering Quebec receives about $8 billion in tr... More...
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  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink May 15
    The taxes are built into the pump cost... in your original comment you talked about the price difference, that's how it comes across. About 11% of the cost in the US is taxes...here it's about 30%.So then if it were a $1/lt...it would be about $1.12 ... More...
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  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink May 15
    I'm not saying anything about taxes on gas I'm talking about the price of gas. The price of gas allowed USA to put teir gas down 17 cents and we put it down a penny. Whoopie ;-) More...
    By GeoEo
  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink May 15
    That's true Doug, the Brooks price is the one that consistantly drives me crazy though. Funny that you'd get negative votes for pointing out a fact, I certainly didn't read your comment as disagreeing with GeoEo. Just clarifying one part of it. More...
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  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink May 15
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  • Ticked Off and Tickled Pink May 15
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Commentary

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  • Something Like That: Mixing it up in the kitchen
    I may have missed that portion of the recipe since the kids and I were fooling around in the kitchen when mom was out the other day. So the 'Delicious Meat Lasagna' recipe became something like 'Delicious Hamburger and Tomato Sauce and Ricotta Cheese Soup/Stew Sort Of.
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  • Attitude is archaic
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  • Where's the respect, opportunity and responsibility?
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Life

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