March 28th, 2024

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NDP candidates bemoan lack of physicians

By KENDALL KING on March 22nd, 2023

kking@medicinehatnews.com NDP candidates for both Medicine Hat’s electoral ridings joined forces Tuesday to speak on the lack of family physicians in the city, and share their party’s plans to address such. Cypress-Medicine Hat candidate Cathy Hogg and Brooks-Medicine Hat candidate Gwendoline Dirk assert that limited local access to family physicians, and other medical providers, is ... Read More »

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MH Chess Club’s spring tourney fills up fast

By KENDALL KING on March 22nd, 2023

kking@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Chess Club is hosting its 31st annual Spring Chess Tournament, with the junior section taking place March 25 and the adult section April 1 and 2. The tournament provides chess players of all ages an opportunity to learn and practise their skills in a fun and supportive environment. Prizes will be ... Read More »

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Two Hatters killed in head-on collision on Highway 3

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 22nd, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Two Hatters have died in a head-on collision between a pick-up and a tractor trailer on Highway 3 near Seven Persons on Monday night, the Redcliff RCMP reported. The crash happened at 8 p.m. on March 20, when RCMP say the eastbound passenger vehicle crossed the centre line and was struck by the westbound ... Read More »

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Pilot program helps students deal with climate anxiety

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 22nd, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com A new program piloted in two public schools is aimed to help students deal with climate anxiety. John Whidden, educator with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, explained that climate anxiety is a phenomenon identified by many global studies, including one in Alberta. Whidden has gone into River Heights School and Dr. Ken Sauer ... Read More »

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Invest MH will report to CAO in new revamp

By COLLIN GALLANT on March 22nd, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant More than a year after a proposal to create “Invest 2.0” to handle municipal economic development was shelved, the city is planning to rejuvenate the office. City manager Ann Mitchell said Monday she will retain the “Invest Medicine Hat” model as a direct function of City Hall, not a contracted-out service, and that managers ... Read More »

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Rotary Festival continues making ‘strong comeback’

By KENDALL KING on March 22nd, 2023

kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival organizers say the festival was a resounding success in its 68th year. The annual amateur music festival, which ran from March 5-19, featured performances by roughly 1,000 talented young Albertans. “It was wonderful to welcome everyone back to festival,” director Delynne Lorentzen told the News following the STARS of ... Read More »

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Jehovah’s Witnesses to finally have their Hat conference

By COLLIN GALLANT on March 22nd, 2023

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A population roughly equivalent to the size of Redcliff will come to Medicine Hat on separate weekends to take part in a Western Canadian conference of Jehovah’s Witnesses this June. “Exercise Patience” – a program of religious instruction, presentations and testimonials – will fill the Co-op Place over two weekends, church officials announced Tuesday. ... Read More »

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CF Industries to purchase Louisiana ammonia facility for $1.68B

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on March 21st, 2023

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews CF Industries will purchase an ammonia production facility in Louisiana for US$1.68 billion, it announced on Monday, along with initial plans to add carbon capture potential at the site near its other facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The 880,000-ton per year “Waggaman” plant was built in 2016 by Incitec Pivot Ltd. and is ... Read More »

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Sexual assault course will be free for all health-care workers

By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 21st, 2023

reporter@medicinehatnews.com A new online course is being offered by Northwestern Polytechnic in Grande Prairie. The course is open for enrolment and the first one will begin April 3. All rural health-care professionals who take the course will have the fees paid for by the Alberta government. MLA Tanya Fir, parliamentary secretary for Status of Women, ... Read More »

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Clubhouse Restaurant aims to raise $10,000 for MHWSS

By Medicine Hat News on March 21st, 2023

Staff at Paradise Valley’s Clubhouse Restaurant are hoping to raise $10,000 for the Medicine Hat Women;s Shelter Society during their May 13 charity dinner, held in recognition of Mother’s Day. The five-course dinner, comprised of hors d’oeuvres, appetizers, salad, a main course and dessert, costs $120 per person, $80 of which will go toward MHWSS. ... Read More »

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