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Bow Island’s school division jump looking real

prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevellMedicine Hat Catholic trustees have OK’d a memorandum of understanding that outlines how assets would be divvied up should Bow Island join a different school division.The memorandum outlines specifics that Bow Island wards overseeing the process can take with them to negotiate, explained MHCBE secretary treasurer Greg ... Read More »

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Bow Island’s school division jump looking real
prevell@medicinehatnews.com @MHNprevellMedicine Hat Catholic trustees have OK’d a memorandum of understanding that outlines how assets would be divvied up should Bow Island join a different school division.The memorandum outlines specifics that Bow Island wards overseeing the process can take with them to negotiate, explained MHCBE secretary treasurer Greg ... Read More »
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Wanted: Property managers for city projects
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant Administrators say hiring dedicated project managers to oversee up to $175 million in City of Medicine Hat construction projects would help potentially avoid millions of dollars in overruns and design problems over the next five years. “There is lots of work to do and the risk ... Read More »
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Low inventory leaves sluggish real estate numbers
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com @CollinGallant A mild slowdown in certain sectors held back local real estate numbers in February, an analysis of figures released by the Medicine Hat Real Estate Board shows. The month saw relatively strong commercial and detached home sales remained steady compared to one year earlier while lower ... Read More »
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Colts earn junior championship
srooney@medicinehatnews.com With seven minutes left at Monsignor McCoy High School, a 15-point lead didn’t look safe. With seven left at Hat High, 12 felt like a galaxy away. Comebacks wound up not being in the cards at either gym Tuesday in junior varsity basketball playoffs. McCoy’s girls completed ... Read More »
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Janosch wins provincial wrestling gold
dsteinke@medicinehatnews.com Darren Klein aimed to prevent the jinx. The head coach of the Medicine Hat High School Hawks wrestling team didn’t want to say the word “undefeated” around Grade 12 wrestler Nina Janosch. The 17-year-old was trying to finish off an undefeated season at high school provincials, which ... Read More »
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Pure win title
dsteinke@medicinehatnews.com It was mission accomplished for Medicine Hat Pure. The local under-16 A ringette team won gold at a provincial championship tournament that wrapped up Sunday in Red Deer. The Pure downed the South Calgary Strive 8-4 in the title game. At the start of the season, the ... Read More »
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Wednesday reception for newest Esplanade exhibits
clefebvre@medicinehatnews.com @MHNLefebvre A pair of wildly different exhibits will be celebrated at the Esplanade this coming Wednesday. A reception for Jake Kosciuk’s exhibit “Everything is New Again” and David Alexander’s exhibit “The Shape of Place” will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Esplanade Art Gallery. Kosciuk, ... Read More »
1 day ago
Brown on The Bachelor: Episode 11 — It’s over
This one’s going to be short and sweet. I could hardly bring myself to watch it anymore. Thank goodness it’s over.—Nikki won, kind of. At the end of the taped show (I didn’t watch After the Final Rose) there was no proposal, but Nikki and Juan Pablo decided ... Read More »
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Musical weekend ahead with String Fever
Medicine Hat News Spring fever meets string fever at Police Point Park on March 21. Local musicians Bill Frank and Brian Walters will perform at the Police Point Park Nature Centre at 7 p.m. to mark the first weekend of spring. The annual String Fever event is free ... Read More »
4 days ago

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Guest Column: Curriculum criticism doesn’t add up
Recently, much has been made of the government’s efforts to ensure that Alberta’s curriculum is more responsive to the many different ways in which students learn. I feel parents deserve to hear directly from meabout my ministry’s efforts to ensure the provincial curriculum enables Alberta’s students to successfully ... Read More »
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Important to remember the links to our past
We’re lucky as a population in Medicine Hat to still have a glimpse of the past every day. We still have buildings which date back to the turn of the century dotting our landscape. These buildings are a snapshot to the time they were built, had multiple uses, ... Read More »
4 hours ago
Celebrity obsession has a long history
Oh how all sorts of adults smirked and laughed as loyal Justin Bieber fans waited outside a Toronto courthouse in hopes of seeing their beloved but legally embattled star Monday morning. To the fans’ disappointment Bieber didn’t show.But, let he or she who has never been starstruck cast ... Read More »
1 day ago

Letters to The Editor

Seniors’ centre should be for seniors only
I attended the city council meeting at which the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee report on the new seniors’ centre was accepted unanimously. Followed by that, the recommendation that the site for the new centre be the corner of College Drive and Primrose Drive was accepted unanimously. When I ... Read More »
4 hours ago
MHPS balancing respect for privacy, the law
Re: “City judge calls actions of police ‘repulsive’,” Medicine Hat News. I would like to assure the community that Medicine Hat Police Service is certainly aware of the need to balance respect for the privacy of the person’s home with the need to make sure people who are ... Read More »
1 day ago
Russia has no business in Ukraine
Ukraine, are you dove or hawk? Better put, when is it that a military intervention is necessary. This is an extremely difficult question. After all, this is the quintessential question of living peacefully among nations. Narrow this down to the simplest equation. Take a home where there is ... Read More »
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Ticked & Tickled

Ticked Off and Tickled Pink March 11
Ticked Off That MHPS cruisers do not even attempt to stop at stop signs. Check it out and tell me I am lying. Tickled Pink At the many volunteer Leaders with the Beavers, Cubs, and Scout programs in our city. The many hours that go into these programs ... Read More »
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Ticked Off and Tickled Pink March 6
Tickled PinkAbout anti-bullying day last week. Perhaps the leftists will lighten up on the rhetorical intimidation and demonization of opposing views in the name of tolerance and inclusiveness. It is time for a real debate.Tickled PinkHappy Social Worker Week to all those countless men and women try to ... Read More »
6 days ago
Ticked Off and Tickled Pink March 4
Ticked Off At a local car dealership for not taking responsibility for selling a used lemon for a lot of money. It doesn’t run and had to be towed back to the dealership… again. Tickled Pink I got a $1.25 rebate on my old age pension cheque this ... Read More »
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