Medicine Hat News

Education telethon nets over $17,000

Children were singing in choirs, others were performing in drama presentations and bands were playing to the delight of an audience made up of family and friends at the 16th annual Public Schools Education Foundation Telethon on Sunday afternoon.

8 hours ago
Province to cut remote water testing

Renner announces cuts at local groundwater conference

2 days ago
Rate cut a sign of good faith for patch

Producers give positive reviews for province's royalty changes

3 days ago
Province may halt local school plan

Catholic grade swaps in jeopardy

4 days ago
Bell tolls for Bindloss school

Rural school's students headed to Acadia Valley

5 days ago
City takes arena funding back to the drawing board

Informal meetings begin on Event Centre questions

6 days ago

A newly discovered natural gas find in Quebec could put pressure on already thin margins in Medicine Hat’s oilpatch.

1 week ago

Convicted trafficker back in prison

Christopher Pearson charged with extortion while on parole

1 week ago
The Haitian people, "they're my heroes"

Local man talks about the harsh conditions, and the wonder, of Haiti

1 week ago
Schools to draft security camera plan

Public board would like to have cameras in hallways, common areas

1 week ago

HEADLINES

Convicted wife killer loses appeal of Sask law, can't profit from book REGINA - A Saskatchewan court has ruled that convicted wife killer Colin Thatcher can't make any money from a book he wrote proclaiming his innocence. 3 hours ago	Sedins, Kesler score as Canucks beat Flames 3-1 VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Vancouver Canucks have started games so well since returning from a marathon road trip that it doesn't seem to matter how much gas they have left in the tank at the finish. 21 hours ago	Grade 10 student from Edmonton dies on school field trip at ski resort EDMONTON - An Edmonton high school student was killed Monday when he hit a tree while skiing on a class field trip in Panorama, B.C. 3 hours ago
Canada's Joannie Rochette withdraws from world championships, source says OTTAWA - Canada's Joannie Rochette has withdrawn from the world figure skating championships. 12 hours ago	CREA says February existing home sales rose 44 per cent from a year earlier OTTAWA - Canadian home resales moved higher in February-setting new monthly records in both Ontario and Quebec - but the rebound is starting to lose some of its steam. 13 hours ago	Friend of two dead sledders says no one to blame in fatal B.C. avalanche CALGARY - A close friend and co-worker of two snowmobilers killed by an avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., says no one is to blame for what he calls a natural disaster. 7 hours ago
Batum makes 5-of-6 3-pointers in Portland's 109-98 victory over Toronto PORTLAND, Ore. - Not so long ago, coach Nate McMillan had a talk with Nicolas Batum suggesting the forward get back to what has worked best for him in the past: defence. 21 hours ago	East Coast seal hunt quota increases despite very poor ice conditions OTTAWA - The federal government has increased the quota for this year's East Coast seal hunt despite ice conditions that some fishermen say are the worst in years. 7 hours ago	Russia's Evgeni Plushenko says he plans to skate at Sochi 2014 Olympics MOSCOW - Olympic figure skating silver medallist Evgeni Plushenko says he plans to skate at the Sochi 2014 Games in his native Russia. 7 hours ago