The City of Medicine Hat is encouraging residents to fill out the surveys for the food waste pilot project before the deadline Friday, April 26.One survey is for pilot program participants, the other is a city wide survey for all residents.The information gathered will be important to help in the decision on full imple...

Grade 3 students from both Dr. Ken Sauer and River Heights schools have been learning about how to be an engaged citizen in the community through city planning.As part of their studies, the students were challenged to design and build a "box city" that possesses everything a resident would need to survive and...

The Medicine Hat Public Library accepted a $1,125 cheque from the Medicine Hat Potter's Association on Thursday as part of the Clay It Forward fundraiser supporting the Honeycomb House.The Honeycomb House in the Medicine Hat Public Library is a seven month old area of the library, a dedicated teen space, allowing them ...

Longtime Medicine Hat JazzFest showrunner Lyle Rebbeck is stepping down following this year's festival after 26 years in the role.Long-time Medicine Hat JazzFest Executive and Artistic Director Lyle Rebbeck will be stepping down from his position following the 2024 JazzFest. (Courtesy: Medicine Hat JazzFest)Rebbeck was...

The City of Medicine Hat will mark the National Day of Mourning at a public memorial service this week.At the service, scheduled for 11 a.m. on Sunday at the Memorial Arboretum.City Manager Ann Mitchell said the service will offer an opportunity to remember workers whose lives were lost in the workplace and acknowledge...

The Alberta government will this afternoon reveal legislation they say will strengthen local elections and governance.Municipal affairs minister Ric McIver will introduce the legislation around 3 p.m.It's expected it will involve amendments to the Local Authorities Election and Municipal Government acts, the legislatio...

The warm and sunny weather this week may have gotten you in the mood to go outside and for avid gardeners, to get their hands back in the dirt. At the Medicine Hat Root Cellar Food and Wellness Hub, volunteers are working away at the community garden.It's a space where they teach families, schools and other community g...

A new study revealed Alberta as the fourth happiest Canadian province.The study conducted by Lucky Days, a gambling website looked at eight quality of life metrics, compiling information from various government reports and assigning each category a ranking out of 10.These categories included life satisfaction, median a...

The deadline to register for Alberta Open Farm Days - an opportunity for Albertans to see where their food comes from with an on-farm experience - is at the end of April. At least 141 host farms across the province are already registered for this year's two-day event.During the 2023 Alberta Open Farm Days, on farm sale...

The relationship between a baseball catcher and pitcher is an important one and can make or break a game.Luckily for the Junior Varsity McCoy Colts baseball team in Medicine Hat, they have a duo that seems to have it figured out.Colts baseball player Liam Cunningham has been catching for Nixon Kunkel since last year.&q...

Medicine Hat city council has kicked off its journey towards determining the 2025-26 two-year budget.Council enters the process with a city in good financial standing and with steady tax rate increases that have recently hovered around the four per cent mark, financial staff said.While energy profits have boomed in the...

A spring photography walk is taking place at Police Point Park in May.The walk, hosted by the Medicine Hat Interpretive Program, will help those new to nature photography that want to learn the basics and improve on their skills."We'll have lots of tips available to help those just starting out, as well as informa...

The final stages of landscaping and irrigation improvements at Medicine Hat's Southridge Community Park will soon get underway with other upgrades coming this spring.READ: Work continues at Medicine Hat's Southridge Community ParkInitially slated for Fall 2023, seeding of the park's southeast corridor will now conclude...

This is a submitted story. For the second time in the series, Johnny Hicks and the Brooks Bandits didn't allow a goal thanks to 5-0 win in Game 3 of the Alberta Semifinal on Tuesday at Centennial Arena. READ: Brooks Bandits set to launch BCHL playoff campaign for the first timeHicks made 31 saves for his second shutout...

Medicine Hat's annual spring street-sweeping program will get underway Monday.The initiative aims to remove sanding materials and debris that have accumulated on roads, sidewalks and boulevards over the winter months. Residents should watch for "No Parking" signs, which will be placed at street corners a mini...

It was a special experience for a few Medicine Hat high school students. Crescent Heights art students had the opportunity to go to Anaheim to learn the art of stage performance from industry experts. Every student who went will be cast in the Crescent Heights High School production of "Mean Girls". Spending ...

The Connaught Golf Club in Medicine Hat received a federal grant of $32,000 to help do some upgrades to the Pat Vallely Practice Facility.The course matched these funds.The area is an extra 180-yard hole on the course that allows golfers, especially junior ones to practice without having to play on the regular course.I...

DYL Fashions has started an initiative to help vulnerable women in Medicine Hat.The second hand clothing store has set up a thrift shop in their basement to help sell donated items, giving 25 per cent of profits to the Medicine Hat Women's Shelter.Owner Stephanie Sissons said free clothing from the donations is also be...

The summer of 2001 was the last time Medicine Hat saw a dry season comparable to the one expected this year, a city official said Tuesday. Jamie Garland, the director of environmental utilities with the City of Medicine Hat, pointed to the diminished snowpack in the mountains."Those upstream reservoirs that that u...

Deliberations for the City of Medicine Hat's next two-year budget got underway at council's committee-of-the-whole meeting Tuesday as staff introduced the broad concepts to the city's elected representatives.The theme of the budget is "balancing the needs of today with the requirements of tomorrow". Council i...

Coun. Andy McGrogan, who is the current acting mayor, joined anchor Dan Reynish on CHAT News at Noon on Tuesday.McGrogan said he will not run for mayor in the next municipal election.

Coun. Andy McGrogran says he has no intention of running for mayor in the next Medicine Hat municipal election."I have no inclination to run for mayor," he told anchor Dan Reynish during CHAT News at Noon on Tuesday."I've done my time, I came with the intention of putting four years in as a council membe...

Medicine Hat's Allison Shulson is ready to start a new chapter of her life thanks to a $2-million win on the March 13 draw for Western 6/49.She won with a ticket she purchased at a convenience store in Crescent Heights."[My partner and I] buy tickets every week, twice a week," Shulson said while she was claim...

City council will feature in a video emphasizing the "importance of civility and respect" as core values of Medicine Hat due to negative treatment city employees have experienced from the community. A motion from Coun. Ramona Robins to put together a video and statement that includes every member of council p...

Medicine Hat city council for a second time pushed back Mayor Linnsie Clark's public ask for a set of financial expenses after receiving her explanation for the request a few minutes before Monday's regular meeting got underway.During the April 8 meeting, council ran out of time to address Clark's written request and v...

Construction season is underway for the City of Medicine Hat, their $7-million major project includes replacing the water and sewer system in areas of the downtown core.The infrastructure dates back to the early 1900's.There has been extensive communication with business owners in the area from both the city and the co...

Medicine Hat's sanctioned mayor will ask for a set of staff expenses, a proposed whistleblower policy will be considered and a first reading will be heard to make changes to the unsightly property bylaw during Monday's city council meeting.READ:Council delays mayor's expense ask after explanation filed last minuteCounc...

Redcliff lost a hero on April 1.George Hope, who was born in 1925, was the last surviving veteran of World War Two who was an active member of the Redcliff Legion."He was [a] very humble, caring type person. You could sit down with him and you could talk about whatever," said Dennis Rathwell, a legion comrade...