Medicine Hat News media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places Medicine Hat News in the centre. We have seen it on 199 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Medicine Hat News biased?
Ad Fontes Media places Medicine Hat News in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Medicine Hat News left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places Medicine Hat News in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Medicine Hat News reliable?
The factuality data this site ingests describes Medicine Hat News as high factuality. It reaches us without a named assessor, so it is an unattributed rating rather than our verdict. It does not guarantee that every report is correct.
What Medicine Hat News has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Medicine Hat News’s own report linked underneath.
Canada's government has not condemned Turkey's crackdown on LGBTQ+ organizations, unlike several European nations. This silence comes as Canada negotiates a potential trade deal with Ankara, while Turkish authorities have detained activists and raided LGBTQ+ groups.
Medicine Hat News reported it asCanada mum as European peers slam Turkey for raiding LGBTQ+ groups (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
NATO defence chiefs are meeting in Copenhagen to select the next chair of the alliance's military committee. Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen. Jennie Carignan, is a candidate for the position, facing competition from Germany's Gen. Carsten Breuer. The role is considered a prestige posting.
Medicine Hat News reported it asNATO defence chiefs to decide whether to tap Gen. Carignan for senior NATO post (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Thousands of people protested outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday evening. The demonstration was against President Donald Trump's stated plans to close and potentially demolish the venue.
Medicine Hat News reported it asThousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to attend the United Nations General Assembly next week. Geopolitical instability and war are noted as factors surrounding the event, with U.S. President Donald Trump's actions to dismantle the multilateral order also mentioned. Carney will not deliver a speech, but Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is slated to speak.
Medicine Hat News reported it asCarney set to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Claire Rattée has left the British Columbia Conservative caucus, becoming the 10th MLA to do so since August. She issued a statement criticising party leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay and alleging internal investigations.
Medicine Hat News reported it asClaire Rattée is 10th B.C. Conservative to leave caucus, blasting Findlay on way out (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Phil Klay, an award-winning author and Iraq War veteran, has been appointed the new president of PEN America. He succeeds Dinaw Mengestu, who resigned in July following a PEN report on the isolation of Jewish and Israeli writers. The organization has faced internal disagreements related to the Israel-Hamas war.
Medicine Hat News reported it asPrize-winning author Phil Klay takes over at PEN America amid Israel-Hamas war rifts (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
The board of the Kennedy Center voted to close the performing arts venue due to financial problems and a disagreement about naming the building after President Donald Trump. A judge had previously blocked the venue from being renamed.
Medicine Hat News reported it asKennedy Center says building closed temporarily due to 'acute risks to public safety' (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
An Ontario judge has denied Tamara Lich's request to travel internationally for work, citing concerns that it would undermine her sentence for her role in the 2022 Freedom Convoy protests. Lich sought permission for interviews, a book tour, and speaking engagements.
Medicine Hat News reported it asCP Convoy leader Lich denied permission to travel internationally (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Canadian Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu is visiting Mumbai from September 18-19 to advance trade talks with India. The visit focuses on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and aims to significantly increase bilateral trade.
Medicine Hat News reported it asInternational trade minister heading to India, Philippines for talks (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Author Kim Stanley Robinson will not read aloud the first chapter of his novel 'The Ministry for the Future,' which depicts a heatwave causing 20 million deaths in India. He feels the scene is too graphic for public reading.
Medicine Hat News reported it asKim Stanley Robinson won't read aloud his climate disaster scene from 'The Ministry for the Future' (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address the European Parliament. This follows a proposal by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for Canada to become the EU's first associate member, a move US President Donald Trump has criticised.
Medicine Hat News reported it asCarney to address European Parliament today after 'associate member' proposal (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs or halt trade with the European Union if Canada is granted associate membership. He described the prospect as 'laughable' and a 'hostile act', while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed a desire for Canada to be the bloc's first associate member.
Medicine Hat News reported it asTrump calls possible Canada-EU move a hostile act after escalating trade war (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
The Trump administration has awarded contracts to begin work on President Donald Trump's planned takeover of the East Potomac Golf Links. Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee have demanded project documents, citing a lack of public announcement.
Medicine Hat News reported it asPark Service quietly awards contracts to work on Trump’s takeover of East Potomac golf course (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum to identify and remove Canadian-origin goods from U.S. federal civil government procurement. The move escalates an ongoing trade dispute between the two countries.
Medicine Hat News reported it asTrump signs order to remove Canadian goods from federal procurement (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Canada has formally applied to join the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a military coalition of 10 NATO allies. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the application, which aims to diversify Canada's defence ties beyond the United States.
Medicine Hat News reported it asCanada seeks full membership in U.K.-led military coalition (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
British Columbia Premier David Eby has instructed his legislators to be prepared for an upcoming election, citing disruption from the trade war with the United States. He has appointed Cheryl Oates to manage the party's campaign.
Medicine Hat News reported it asEby says NDP needs to be 'election ready' in B.C., but offers no date (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham held their first meeting at Everton's football stadium. The leaders discussed potential cooperation on defence and AI, and shared personal experiences with Alzheimer's disease, both wearing Alzheimer's Society brooches.
Medicine Hat News reported it asCanada’s Carney and Britain’s Burnham take first meeting to Everton football match (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
President Donald Trump has accused Canada of not doing enough to stop drug trafficking, alleging that fentanyl is produced in clandestine Canadian labs. However, he did not include Canada on a list of major drug-producing countries submitted to Congress.
Medicine Hat News reported it asTrump criticizes Canada over drugs but leaves it off list of drug-producing countries (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
The US has named India, China, and Pakistan among 23 countries designated as major drug transit or illicit drug-producing nations for fiscal year 2027. The determination acknowledges India's efforts to combat opium cultivation but identifies Afghanistan, Bolivia, Burma, and Colombia as having failed counternarcotics obligations.
Medicine Hat News reported it asTrump criticizes Canada over drugs but leaves it off list of drug-producing countries (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
PETA plans to meet with Steven Kolb, CEO of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, after he was filmed restraining two protesters at New York Fashion Week. Kolb has apologized for the incident and is currently on leave.
Medicine Hat News reported it asPETA says it plans meeting with fashion executive who restrained protesters at NY Fashion Week (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Who says so
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How reliably it reports fact
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High factuality
The rating above reaches us without a named assessor, and is published as that rather than as anyone’s verdict.
Who owns it
- Alta Newspaper Groupunknowndirect owner
- Glacier MediaMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Canada
- Official site
- medicinehatnews.com
- Seen publishing on
- medicinehatnews.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 199
- Reports listed
- 226
- We could read
- 18
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
208 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 18 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Medicine Hat News is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 199 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Medicine Hat News’s on 11 of them. Overall it filed a median of 7 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 20 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 20 September 2026. Ratings pulled 3 September 2026.
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