SMILE SUNDAYS

The Rise Up Hot Air Balloon Festival wraps up Sunday morning.With 30 different balloon participating this year, a pair of these balloon have a special message and design.-Bill Whelan and his wife Sandra Rolfe made the almost 3,200 km drive from Eastern Ontario to fly in the Rise Up Hot Air Balloon Festival for the firs...

A pair of teachers from the Medicine Hat area have been nominated for the Edwin Parr Award, which honours a first year teacher for excellence. Six winners are chosen from across the province for each of the Alberta School Board Associations zones. Nominees from the 10 school divisions in zone six includes Medicine Hat,...

A rugby tournament in Medicine Hat took place Saturday that combined multiple high schools for Medicine Hat High School's teams, continuing a comeback in the city of the sport that ties in with wrestling and football. Teams from Fort Macleod, Diamond Valley, Okotoks, Lacombe, Strathmore, Calgary, and Lethbridge travell...

St. Patrick's School in Medicine Hat hosted its annual Mini Stick Tournament fundraiser Saturday in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and critically ill children.Donna Serr, Make-A-Wish coordinator for Medicine Hat, said students can identify with the cause - because some may know other children receiving a wish. -...

A Medicine Hat-born Catholic priest, who was charged with a crucial role when Pope Francis made a rare visit to Canada three years ago, says the late pontiff was thoughtful, humble and took care to be present in the moment.Rev. Cristino Bouvette, a priest with the Diocese of Calgary based in Strathmore, was charged wit...

Kimberley Sidhu received lifesaving care at Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary, and has since experienced healing through the power of storytelling thanks to an online platform new to Alberta.-Care Opinion is an independent platform that enables patients and caregivers to share their lived healthcare experiences. Si...

The South East Alberta Regional Skills Competition took place on Friday at Medicine Hat College for its twentieth year. Over 80 high school students from across the region competed in automobile tech, baking, cabinet making, carpentry, culinary arts, hairstyling, video production, and welding. With a showcase of the sk...

Karen Saffran was a recipient of the last Community Spirit Awards in Medicine Hat in 2023, and now with nominations opening for 2025 she said giving back to the community is quite rewarding."I've never really thought about it too hard," Saffran said Thursday."I think it's just the right thing to do."...

CAPE School's Echo Moreton came up with a 'SMART Roof' science fair project that grants her the opportunity to represent Medicine Hat and southeast Alberta at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in May.Moreton describes her SMART Roof project as a colour changing roof that changes from black to white at 26 C. She said its int...

Medicine Hat's Madison Kane-Rissling is expecting to be drafted into the Canadian Track and Field League in the next few weeks. The four team league started in 2022 as a way to increase track and field representation across the country. --- Kane-Rissling, who graduated from Monsignor McCoy High School is a former Unive...