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Close to 10,000 Medicine Hat residents were evacuated and more than 1,000 homes were affected.

Medicine Hat has elected its first female mayor in a landslide victory over incumbent Ted Clugston.

MEDICINE HAT, AB - Weeks after a flurry of public outrage, it was a sea of high praise from council for Invest...

Veiner Centre operator could take over by spring Poll Should authorities crack down on churches that break public health orders for capacity, social distancing and masks? Yes The City of Medicine Hat will contract out operations at the Veiner Centre as early as this spring after council approved a proposal submitted by the Calgary-based Kerby Mission to operate the building and handle seniors programming. The move was approved by an 8-1 margin as council members argued it was the best route to ...

Council will push province for regional COVID approach Poll Too strict Medicine Hat city council will request the province take a regional approach that they say could mean local pandemic restrictions lifted sooner. Council approved sending a letter requesting the change from a province-wide view with a 9-0 count, though as many as four said they hope it at least would “start a dialogue” about why or why not. Coun. Darren Hirsch raised the issue through a notice of motion, stating that Medi...

Construction equipment lines up at the Coulee Ridge residential development in southwest Medicine Hat on Dec. 2. City council has passed changes to a development fee assistance program that pays the cost of new major infrastructure.--NEWS PHOTO COLLIN GALLANT A program to pay a share of private development fees out of city coffers will remain the same across Medicine Hat in 2021, but will increase to 90 per cent in cases of infill projects and along priority corridors. Council approved the meas...