The Medicine Hat Cubs will play for a gold medal at the Junior B Hockey Provincial Championship in Lloydminster on Sunday. Now on a 10-game winning streak, the Cubs won their third round robin game on Friday with a 4-2 win over the Sherwood Park Knights. Each regulation win is worth three points in the tournament stand...

Votes for the 2026 Kraft Hockeyville contest open at 7 a.m. on Friday, April 3, as Taber goes head-to-head with Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in the national final.The voting runs until 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, with the winner set to receive $250,000 in arena upgrades and the chance to host an NHL pre-season game.Hockey Nig...

A spokesperson for the Alberta Transportation Minister says they are planning an information session for the public on the Highway 3 twinning between Medicine Hat and Whitla by the summer.Locations for these sessions will include Medicine Hat and Seven Persons.The provincial government announced this year an investment...

A new woodland-themed room for young patients is now open at the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, created through the PJs for a Purpose campaign, a student-led fundraiser at Medicine Hat College in partnership with the Medicine Hat Health Foundation.The campaign raised over $22,000 raised in total.The goal of the projec...

Easter weekend has arrived in Medicine Hat with several focused events taking place. There is also more clarity on when golf courses are opening.On Thursday, about 2 to 4 cm of snow and possibly about 5 mm of rainfall. Up to 10 cm of snowfall is possible in the area. Winds are expected to gust up to 50 km/h this aftern...

Environment Canada is warning of poor travel conditions across southern and central Alberta as snowfall intensifies Thursday morning.Periods of heavy snow are expected to develop, impacting sections of Highway 2 and stretches of Highway 1 both west of Calgary and southeast toward Medicine Hat.Reduced visibility and rap...

After conceding the game-opening goal, the Medicine Hat Tigers would score four unanswered goals en route to a 4-2 Game 4 win over the Regina Pats.The Tigers now lead the best-of-seven series 3-1 and will look to close out their first-round matchup Saturday night in Game 5.Medicine Hat saw goals from Gavin Kor, Kade St...

Medicine Hat Public School Division has invited the public to the annual Spring Tea at Crestwood STEM School on Wednesday to welcome the Spring season.The student-led event brings the community together by serving cake, coffee and tea for guests, as well as multiple choir performances from grades 1 to 6, with a craft a...

The Medicine Hat Cubs had Police, Fire and RCMP escort them out of the city on Wednesday morning as they travelled to play in their first Provincial Championship since 2005, when they hosted.- Video of the Cubs bus leaving Medicine Hat with an escort from emergency services. First up for the Cubs is an evening time slo...

The City of Medicine Hat is relaunching its HAT Smart Residential Incentive program for 2026.A program offering five incentives to encourage home projects that result in water and energy conservation for local utility customers.Officials say a total of $375,000 is available this year, funded through the city's environm...

Award-winning musician and sixth-generation Albertan, Corb Lund, is bringing a provincewide petition tour to Medicine Hat, calling on residents to sign the "Water Not Coal" campaign opposing coal mining in Alberta's eastern slopes. The goal of the petition is to call on the provincial government to permanentl...

Following an 8-2 Game 3 victory Tuesday night, the Medicine Hat Tigers aim to get one win away from advancing to the Eastern Conference semi-finals tonight in Game 4 against the Regina Pats.Seven different Tigers found the back of the net in Game 3 as the Tigers bounced back from a 4-2 Game 2 defeat with an emphatic of...

The library has several things to do that go beyond reading books.Here are the top five things to do at the Medicine Hat Public Library in April 2026.-Home Routes Concert Series: Kaeley Jade, April 12, 7 p.m.Kaeley Jade is a Métis singer-songwriter based in Edmonton, blending folk, pop, and indie rock with lush ...

The Medicine Hat Tigers found their footing early and often in Game 3 as they stormed away with an 8-2 Game 3 victory over the Regina Pats to retake a one-game series lead.Andrew Basha was the lone Tiger to find the back of the net twice in the win and was named the game's first star.Jordan Switzer was stellar for the ...

The Medicine Hat Cubs will have emergency services escort them through Medicine Hat on Wednesday morning as they head to Provincials in Lloydminster. The fire department has been confirmed, and police may also be joining.The community is encouraged to show support for the team as they travel through the city.A planned ...

The Mustard Seed in Medicine Hat will look to transition shelter guests into long-term housing over the coming months.Funding for additional beds at their shelter in Medicine Hat comes to an end with the start of April, reducing the shelter capacity to 30 beds from the 50 that were available to fill the need during the...

Medicine Hat College is receiving a $60,000 grant to coordinate the first provincial Indigenous Learner Summit (ILS) next spring, having been selected for its strong leadership and collaboration by Alberta Advanced Education. The summit aims to bring together the post-secondary system in support of Indigenous adult lea...

With the Eastern Conference quarter-finals now a best-of-five, the Medicine Hat Tigers will look to regain home-ice advantage alongside the series lead tonight in Game 3 against the Regina Pats.After a 6-2 Game 1 victory, the Tigers suffered their first defeat of the postseason in Game 2, only mustering two goals in th...

The historic Monarch Theatre in downtown Medicine Hat will be showing the Tigers' away games during the playoffs, starting with Game 3 of the first-round series with the Regina Pats on Tuesday.The chance to watch the Tigers on the big screen follows a pre-game barbecue on Tuesday and Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., hosted by t...

The City of Medicine Hat is launching the Downtown Enhancement and Safety Grant aimed at helping downtown businesses and property owners enhance safety and create a more welcoming city centre.The grant provides funding for practical upgrades, such as improved lighting and security systems, in response to feedback from ...

Brooks RCMP responded to a traffic hazard at about 1:12 p.m. March 28, 2026, on Highway 1 near Tilley, involving a trailer that lost a wheel and was travelling on its rim.Police said sparks generated from the trailer ignited multiple roadside ditch fires, including one that spread into an adjacent field, along with sev...

The St. Mary River Irrigation District (SMRID) has allocated 14 inches from the farm gate for irrigation this season.Chairman Cory Nelson says the board carefully considers a number of factors when deciding on allocation."Based on modelling and snowpack data supplied by Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, we are v...

Members of the Medicine Hat Police Service Patrol Section have charged a 45-year-old man with four counts of breaching a firearms prohibition and one count of possession of a controlled substance on March 28, 2026. Police said the driver, identified as John Lewis of no fixed address, was stopped in a 2007 Volkswagen Ra...

Medicine Hat College's Art and Design program is presenting graduating students' final art exhibition, Dissonance, from April 11 to 24 in the Cultural Centre's One on One Gallery, with a public reception being held at 7 p.m on April 11. The exhibition explores the embodiment of diverse voices, thoughts and creative app...

Brooks RCMP are investigating after a stolen truck slammed into a storefront early Monday morning.Mounties were dispatched to the collision on Second Street West at about 4:29 am. on March 30.Officers arrived to find that an abandoned black Ford F-150 truck had been driven into the front of Hicks Jewellery Store.Police...

A trial will take place this summer for a Medicine Hat woman who is facing multiple charges related to her operation of a youth hockey program in the community.The Medicine Hat Police Service laid charges against 46-year-old Nola Besplug following an investigation in September 2025.She was charged with both fraud and t...

Road conditions are showing improvement on the Trans-Canada Highway near Brooks. On Monday morning, before 7 a.m., Brooks RCMP had issued an advisory for motorists of significant traffic delays affecting the westbound lanes on Highway 1. Mounties had stated that harsh road conditions were impacting travel in the area, ...

A 14-year-old pianist, Diana Monet, has won the Rose Bowl at the Rotary Music Festival, earning top honours among the event's standout young performers.Monet said the experience of performing at the prestigious event held as part of the festival's final weekend was both exciting and unexpected."It was a very wonde...