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Former guard pleads guilty to improper data search
By Medicine Hat News on April 24th, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A former police cell guard has pleaded guilty on improperly searching a Medicine Hat police database while she worked for a subcontractor and her part in a drug-fuelled stolen property ring last year. Teegan Clara George Austin agreed to a plea deal Tuesday in Alberta Court of Justice in Medicine Hat. The agreement, worked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City looks to find sustainable revenue
By Collin Gallant on April 24th, 2024
@@CollinGallant Council will need to determine what level of revenue from business units – and investment funds built up by those like the power plant – is sustainable in Medicine Hat’s next budget, finance officials said during opening session of talks Tuesday. It was the first of six committee of the whole discussion sessions scheduled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Library to offer individual card sponsorships
By ANNA SMITH on April 24th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Public Library, alongside the What Matters to Hatters Coalition, hopes to capture the feeling of a coffee shop drive-thru or bulletin board, with new pay-it-forward sponsorships. Three years ago, MHPL started its A Library Card for Every Hatter campaign, which encourages businesses, community groups and individuals to sponsor library cards so ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!SEAWA screening advocates for greater care with water during drought
By ANNA SMITH on April 24th, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Monday night saw naturalists, concerned residents and members of the South East Alberta Watershed Alliance gather in the library theatre for a documentary and to open discussion on the region’s ongoing drought. The documentary, Dried Up – What now? was created by Livingstone Landowners Group, Kevin Van Tighem and Yvan Lebel, and addresses something ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Havre issues boil water advisory as precaution after two area residents contract parasite
By Medicine Hat News on April 23rd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews The City of Havre, Mont. has issued a boil water advisory while it flushes the water system and boosts chlorination. That process could take 20 days to complete, and according to public works officials, is being done out of “an abundance of caution” after two city residents and one Hill County resident fell ill. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stampede royalty enjoyed hosting princess for a day winners
By ANNA SMITH on April 23rd, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Saturday marked a special day for the winners of the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede’s Princess for a Day competition. The two girls, eight-year-old Willow Page and 10-year-old Jaylin Arnal, spent the first portion of their day playing games at Dunmore Dugout, alongside the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede Queen and Princess. “They’ve been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budget issues lead to some layoffs at Veiner Centre
By BRENDAN MILLER on April 23rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Four staff members at the Veiner Centre were laid off at the beginning of April as a mixed result of fewer donations from the community and increased costs of utilities and food. Currently the nonprofit organization is trying to rise $130,000 to keep its doors open and continue providing services, outreach and support to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AHS encouraging discussion about organ donation for awareness week
By ANNA SMITH on April 23rd, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week runs from April 21-27, and with this in mind, Alberta Health Services is encouraging families to speak with each other about donation in a new awareness campaign. The Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Program is now Give Life Alberta, said AHS in a press release, with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Labour disputes on military bases going in opposite directions
By Medicine Hat News on April 23rd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews Workers at three Ontario military bases have voted to end a strike, but counterparts in Quebec have rejected a deal as their union calls for nationwide wage parity including civilian workers at CFB Suffield. A release from the Public Service Alliance of Canada on Friday states the “key sticking points” in latest talks are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Medalta to host country swing dance night on April 27
By Medicine Hat News on April 23rd, 2024
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Medalta in the Historic Clay District will be hosting an evening of music and Western fun on April 27, as experts will be on hand for its inaugural Country Dancing Night. The night will be led by Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede’s 2023 Princess Caitlyn O’Conner, as well as seasoned country dancer Winstyn Horton. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Request for expense review put over to next council meeting
By COLLIN GALLANT on April 23rd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A request for detailed expense and human resources information made by Mayor Linnsie Clark was again held over to the next meeting by city councillors. That, says Coun. Ramona Robins, was due to Clark providing her legal reasoning for the request being provided nine minutes for Monday’s meeting – two weeks after the explanation ... Read More »
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