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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

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

KidSport making sure all kids are given the equal chance to play their favourite sports

Medicine Hat, AB - Over 30 per cent of youth under the age of 18 cannot afford to play organized sport across Canada.Those numbers stand true in Medicine Hat and Redcliff. That's why the local chapter...

Dec 04, 2019 CIBC Wood Gundy's Connelly Sherwick, Calvin MacPhail, Blaine Kunz, Mark Dumanowski & Brian Widmer

Medicine Hat teacher represents Canada in international education innovation program

Medicine Hat, AB - Failure is okay as long as you continue. That was the challenge that Medicine Hat Christian School Teacher Jessilyn Swanson took to Sweden last month while taking part in Google's C...

Dec 03, 2019

Council votes 6-3 to ban the sale of fireworks within city limits

Medicine Hat, AB - Six months after first being brought up at city council, Medicine Hat now has a bylaw in place to ban the sale of fireworks within the city.The final reading went through Monday nig...

Dec 02, 2019 Canadian National Fireworks Association speaks to City Council on Monday (Photo by Colton McKee)

Cypress Hills a winter wonderland as the holidays approach

Elkwater, AB - Hidden Valley Ski Resort is gearing up for the season and, weather permitting, is scheduled to open on Dec. 14. But alpine skiing or snowboarding is far from the only thing to do in the...

Dec 02, 2019

Black Friday popularity continues to grow in Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat, AB - Black Friday has officially beaten out Boxing Day as the top shopping day of the year.According to a recent survey by the Retail Council of Canada, 43 per cent of Canadians said tha...

Nov 29, 2019

Nothing beats a fresh-cut Christmas tree

Cypress County, AB - There is nothing like the smell of a fresh pine tree and, according to a local tree farm owner, a freshly cut Christmas tree will last longer than a pre-cut one, won't shed needle...

Nov 29, 2019

Enmax Centre posts year over year losses according to KPMG report

LETHBRIDGE, AB - There appear to be a variety of reasons why the City of Lethbridge is hoping to find a buyer for the Enmax Centre, according to information contained in the $464,000 Phase One KPMG Fi...

Nov 29, 2019 Enmax Centre

Students learn to see abilities rather than disabilities

Medicine Hat, AB - Students at St John Paul II celebrated International Day of Persons with Disabilities with an afternoon full of understanding and learning. Hands-on activities and speakers were all...

Nov 29, 2019 CORE kids On the Block puppet troupe (Photo by Bob Schneider)