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asmith@medicinehatnews.com Coaldale RCMP is seeking assistance locating Nikita North Peigan Starzyk, who was last seen on the evening of Jan. 28. Starzyk is 33 years old, 5-foot-6 and 134 pounds, with a medium complexion, red hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in Coaldale and was heading to Calgary. Anyone with any information regarding ... Read More »

asmith@medicinehatnews.com Though February is reaching the halfway mark, Medicine Hat Family Services is still offering many different groups and programs to help people feel their best through this oddly warm winter. Group facilitator Krista Waddle says MHFS has had some issues with people mistaking them for Children and Family Services, which, while an extremely valuable ... Read More »

newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com An event at the Medicine Hat Mall next month aims to introduce Hatters to their new favourite hobby. The Medicine Hat Sport and Event Council’s Activity Expo will bring together more than 60 of the city’s sports, arts, volunteer and other recreational organizations in one place to help Hatters of all ages discover activities ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb He’s not growing on rocks or up the side of trees, but Tyson Moss has worked himself into covering some of the WHL’s best. The Medicine Hat Tigers defenceman has grown in his 14 months in the orange and black, from a mid-season depth signing to a fill-in on the main power play and ... Read More »

jtubb@medicinehatnews.com Those pesky Bisons. The Medicine Hat Cubs were shutout 4-0 Friday night at the Kinplex, losing Game 1 of their second-round series with the Bisons. Okotoks goaltender stopped all 31 shots he faced as the Bisons carried the momentum from their 2-0, first-round series win over the Coaldale Copperheads into the second round. Cubs ... Read More »

Medicine Hat News The Medcine Hat Tigers couldn’t complete the full comeback Friday night. The Tigers overcame three one-goal Red Deer leads to force overtime before falling 5-4 on the road to the Rebels. Medicine Hat came into the contest, the first of a three-game in four night contest, off an 8-1 win over the ... Read More »

In Alberta today, the sign of a broken social contract isn’t hidden – it’s in the line at the local food bank. That line now regularly includes working families with two incomes, people who play by the rules but are being crushed by the affordability crisis. When hard-working households cannot cover groceries, the idea that ... Read More »

Calling all perimenopausal and menopausal ladies, this article is for you. Have you spent days with sinuses that feel like they could explode, a nose that is running a marathon, using eye drops or taking allergy pills like they are candy to alleviate the itching in your eyes? Is your skin itchy? Most days I ... Read More »

Prime Minister Mark Carney stole the show at the Davos Economic Forum attended by world leaders, dazzling them with a dynamic presentation. Everyone except Donald Trump was impressed with his speech in which he outlined the issues facing middle powers like Canada, defined overbearing tactics of superpowers and offered appropriate solutions. Throwing a challenge to ... Read More »

Dear editor, I’m writing regarding our local college’s decision to host a Rebel News Panel. Medicine Hat College’s motto is “Scientia Mentem Sustinet,” which is Latin for “Knowledge Sustains the Mind.” This motto invites a reasonable inquiry into the College’s decision to host Rebel News Panelist Tamara Lich – among others – as a speaker. ... Read More »

Dear editor, Having lived/worked in this region of the Prairies all my life and as a descendant of a NWMP/ranching family that arrived in 1884/86, I am “way past tolerant” with the current Alberta sovereignty and separatist rhetoric. In addition to my family helping settle this region, I had a great uncle who survived the ... Read More »

Dear editor, I would like to thank city council for their vision on going ahead with the Saamis Solar project. It is needed and welcomed by the majority of citizens of Medicine Hat. The minority are always the loudest but that does not make them right. Our premier is doing her best to slow down ... Read More »