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New look to old pastime
Medicine Hat, AB - The Medicine Hat Board Game Guy rolled the dice when a year ago he set up a travelling event roadshow which visited local businesses and enticed new players to updated versions of a...
Dec 08, 2019 Medicine Hat Board Game Guy Steven Durks

Hat community once again spreading Christmas cheer
Medicine Hat, AB - It's been a Christmas tradition in Medicine Hat for more than two decades and the residents of Park Meadows Estate are once again hosting the city's largest holiday light display.Th...
Dec 08, 2019

Bandits dominate in shutout win over Olds on Teddy Bear night
BROOKS, AB - It took only 92 seconds for the Teddy Bears to rain down on the ice of the Centennial Regional Arena as the Brooks Bandits (31-1-1) dominated the Olds Grizzlys 10-0 for their 7th straight...
Dec 08, 2019 Photo courtesy of Em Duncan / Brooks Bandits

Snowfall warning ended for Cypress Hills and Foremost
Medicine Hat, AB - The snowfall warning for Cypress Hills, County of 40-Mile and Pincher Creek has ended but not before covering the area with a blanket snow.Total accumulations across the affected ar...
Dec 08, 2019 Photo courtesy of Hidden Valley Ski Resort camera

Positive reaction in Red Deer to province’s rural crime reduction plan
Red Deer, AB - Local elected officials are weighing in on the provincial government to add 500 RCMP positions for rural communities across Alberta."We know that crime knows no borders," says Red Deer ...
Dec 08, 2019

Human remains found near Red Earth Creek
Grande Prairie, AB - The RCMP Major Crimes Unit are investigating a homicide, following the discovery of human remains on Wednesday, December 4 near Red Earth Creek.High Prairie RCMP were informed by ...
Dec 08, 2019 Photo courtesy of the RCMP

Wolf howls in 41-save shutout, Tigers win streak snapped by Silvertips
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The debut of two new weapons was spoiled on Saturday night for the Medicine Hat Tigers, seeing a season-long win streak snapped by the Everett Silvertips.Dustin Wolf stopped all 41 ...
Dec 07, 2019 Everett Silvertips goaltender Dustin Wolf making one of his 41 saves on Saturday night (Photo courtesy of Medicine Hat Tigers)

King triplets embracing rare opportunity with Southern Express
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Lining up against the Alberta Female Hockey League's midget elite Southern Express this year, you'd be excused for seeing triple.No matter where you turn on the ice, you're sure to ...
Dec 07, 2019 Southern Express triplet sisters Brooke (left), Maddy (middle), and Kennedy King (right) (Photos courtesy of Scott Roblin)

City photographer dies doing what he loved
Medicine Hat, AB - A city photographer and founding member of the Medicine Hat Photography Club has died after falling down a snow-covered well earlier this week.Tyrone (Tye) Carnelli, 60, was photogr...
Dec 07, 2019 Photo courtesy of Tye Carnelli Facebook page

'Devastated': 3 crew killed in Black Hawk crash in Minnesota
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Three soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard were killed Thursday when the Black Hawk helicopter they were riding in for a routine maintenance test flight crashed in a farm fiel...
Dec 07, 2019