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Digging up a portion of Sixth Avenue near Belfast Street on the Southeast Hill, they uncovered a wooden pipe that dates back to when Medicine Hat was a thriving cattle town and railway point in the Northwest Territories.

One year after the Unsightly Property Bylaw was strengthened, city officials are reporting mixed results and are examining legal options to force owners to bring buildings up to snuff, especially in the downtown core.

There was happiness and patriotic pride at the Medicine Hat courthouse on Saturday, as 28 people were sworn in as Canada's newest citizens.

The children of Medicine Hat were merciful Saturday at the provincial court house as they found Alice innocent. Well, at least half of them — It was a close call, so the judge in R. vs. Alice In Wonderland set the defendant free.

As long as Snoop Dogg sticks to gin and juice rather than play fast and loose with drug laws, the city's police chief has no problem with the West Coast rapper playing a Hat gig.

The local public school board is taking a non-partisan — but relieved — view of the outcome of this week's provincial election, mainly because the Progressive Conservative win secures renewed funding promises made under Premier Alison Redford.

As Alison McKenzie drove into the area an hour before, she says she saw no sign of the blaze, but while delivering newspapers on foot a short time later she observed a large plume of dark smoke rising from the area.

The two newly elected Wildrose MLAs promised to hold the government to account as members of the Official Opposition, saying that while the Progressive Conservatives retained a large majority, they'll have to take the region's issues seriously or risk losing again in the future.

It was a bittersweet moment for the two frontrunners in the Cypress Medicine Hat race. Wildrose candidate Drew Barnes won but without the Wildrose majority government and PC incumbent Len Mitzel lost his seat even though his party won a large majority.