Business & Economy

Former Fire Station No. 1 to be listed on open market

Medicine Hat, AB - A year after fire crews officially moved to the north side of the South Saskatchewan River, a sale price for the former Fire Station No. 1 on Maple Avenue SE has been approved by ci...

Oct 07, 2019

Evidence deadline passes in sage grouse lawsuit

Medicine Hat, AB - The city's lawsuit against the federal government relating to protections put in place to protect sage grouse is moving ahead following the near completion of affidavits being filed...

Oct 06, 2019

Bumpy boulevard brings criticism

Medicine Hat, AB - It's a road with more dips than a bowl of salsa at a Grey Cup party but city and Box Springs Business Park officials are hoping to iron out the wrinkles in the bumpy boulevard.Origi...

Oct 03, 2019

Hut 8 to begin trading on Toronto Stock Exchange next week

TORONTO, ON - A bitcoin mining company which operates in Medicine Hat will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange next week.Hut 8 Mining, which announced last month it had received conditional ap...

Oct 03, 2019 The Hut 8 Mining Operation in Medicine Hat (CHAT News File Photo)

Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner candidates agree at forum that more collaboration is needed

Medicine Hat, AB - You don't have to look far beyond social media to see that this federal election has been a polarizing one when talking about party leaders. In an election forum held by the Medicin...

Oct 03, 2019 Thomson, Nelson, Motz, and Kirshenbaum at Wednesday's election forum (Photo by Colton McKee)

Medicine Hat to host Jehovah's Witnesses convention with over 4,000 expected to attend

Medicine Hat, AB -The City of Medicine Hat will be one of 54 cities across Canada to host a Jehovah's Witnesses convention in the summer of 2020. The three-day event will take place at the Canalta Cen...

Sep 25, 2019 Jehovah's Witnesses spokesman Bradley Pramberg at the Canalta Centre (Photo by Bob Schneider)

B.C. gets injunction against Alberta's turn-off-the-taps law

CALGARY - A Federal Court judge has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against an Alberta law that could have limited oil exports to other provinces. Justice Sebastien Gram...

Sep 24, 2019 CHATNEWSTODAY FILE

Emergency protection order debate in House as rare as sage grouse

Medicine Hat, AB - Little has been said during Parliamentary debate regarding the federal government's decision to issue an emergency protection order for the sage grouse in 2013, affecting oil operat...

Sep 20, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Calgary Zoo

Number of electric vehicle charging stations increasing in Medicine Hat

MEDICINE HAT, AB -- Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations have been popping up around Medicine Hat, with at least nine in operation right now. Most Medicine Hat residents own gas powered vehicles, s...

Sep 20, 2019 Flo electric vehicle charger (Courtesy: Colton Mckee)

Warning signs prior to city's multi-million dollar purchase of Manyberries oilfield

Medicine Hat, AB - There were warning signs in 2011 of what would become a years long and multi-million dollar legal fight between Medicine Hat and federal government over protections of an endangered...

Sep 19, 2019 Photo courtesy of the Alberta Wilderness Association - One of several billboards the Alberta Wilderness Association commissioned in the fall of 2011 advertising the dwindling numbers of sage grouse in Alberta.