Business & Economy

Good food and good times at Open Farm Days

Seven Persons, AB - This will be Alberta's seventh annual Open Farm Days with the event only gaining popularity across the province with a number of host sites available to visit around Medicine Hat a...

Aug 16, 2019 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee - Sausages at Seven Persons' Premium Sausage being prepared for sale prior to Alberta Open Farm Days this weekend.

AUMA president asks for no change in city funding until new year

Medicine Hat, AB - The president of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) is hoping the province holds the line on spending - at least, for the remainder of the current fiscal year.This ...

Aug 15, 2019

City of Medicine Hat staying hands off as more cannabis retailers open

MEDICINE HAT, AB - In a matter of months, the retail market for recreational cannabis has exploded in Medicine Hat and across Alberta.On Saturday, two new cannabis retail locations opened up shop in t...

Aug 13, 2019 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee

Craft brewers pouring into S.E. Alberta

MEDICINE HAT, AB - It`s been three years since the first brewery to open in Medicine Hat in decades poured its first pint. In that short time, two more breweries have opened up their taps in the city ...

Aug 11, 2019 Photo courtesy of Alex McCuaig - Part of the wall of beer labels from craft brewers that decorate the wall at Hell's Basement Brewery.

Mixed bag jobs report

MEDICINE HAT, AB - The number of new jobs the city has risen but so has the unemployment rate, according to the latest Medicine Hat-specific employment numbers released by Statistics Canada Friday.The...

Aug 09, 2019

Medalta seeking funds to replace kilns

MEDICINE HAT, AB -- For a technology which is 25,000 years old, an advancement made in the 1500s can be considered relatively new. While that might be the case with ceramics and salt kilns, the corros...

Aug 08, 2019 Photo courtesy of Colton McKee - One of two kilns which require replacing at the Shaw International Centre for Contemporary Ceramics.

Alberta cuts MLA pay by five per cent, and 10 per cent for Premier Jason Kenney

EDMONTON -- Alberta politicians are taking a five per cent pay cut, and Premier Jason Kenney will now be taking home 10 per cent less.The decision was made unanimously by an all-party committee that s...

Aug 06, 2019 Albert Legislature -- LNN

Two Southlands hotels set to open before 2020

MEDICINE HAT, AB -- Development has been thriving in Medicine Hat, with two new hotels set to open their doors before the end of 2019. Public confidence in the two structures wasn't high when they wer...

Aug 02, 2019 Courtesy: Bob Schneider

Local businesses get creative and colourful with fundraising

Medicine Hat, AB - When it comes to fundraising for sports teams, youth groups, and school clubs local businesses play a huge role. That's why two local businesses are getting creative in order to hel...

Aug 02, 2019 Our City in Colour books available for youth groups to sell (Photo courtesy of Bob Schneider)

Province ups oil production limits for September

EDMONTON, AB - The province announced an increase to the oil production limit for September.According to a news release from the government Friday afternoon, production limits for the month of Septemb...

Jul 26, 2019