Medicine Hat Thanksgiving weekend: cooling weather, Tigers hockey and local events
A weekend community roundup for Medicine Hat covers the Thanksgiving forecast alongside sports, arts and family events running October 9-12.
Environment Canada forecasts a cooling trend for Medicine Hat over the Thanksgiving long weekend, starting with a high of 26 C on Friday before temperatures drop through periods of rain and snow. Saturday brings a 30 per cent chance of showers near 6 C, Sunday sees rain or snow with a high of 4 C, and Holiday Monday turns sunny with a high of 10 C.
Several community events are planned across the city. Kids Night Out runs Friday evening at the Big Marble Go Centre for children ages five to eight, while the Medicine Hat Public Library hosts a glow-in-the-dark Sci-Fi Night for teens the same evening.
Sports fill out the weekend schedule, with the Medicine Hat Tigers hosting the Edmonton Oil Kings Friday and the Victoria Royals Saturday at Co-op Place, both at 7 p.m. The Medicine Hat College Rattlers open their women's hockey season against Lakeland College Friday and Saturday, and host SAIT in soccer Sunday.
Additional offerings include the Sunshine Trolley guided city tour of local landmarks on Saturday and Sunday, and a Saturday night performance by Canadian AC/DC tribute act PWR/UP at the Esplanade.
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