Local News
Rural Renewal Program to help fill gaps in local workforce, attract newcomers
By ANNA SMITH on May 3rd, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com A program launched by the City of Medicine Hat in collaboration with neighbours helps streamline integration into the workforce for immigrants to energize the region’s future. Applications began Monday and filled up within just a few hours, according to the Medicine Hat Economic Development Newsletter. The City of Medicine Hat, alongside Cypress County, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connect with wildlife through Interpretive Program’s plaster tracks program
By Medicine Hat News on May 3rd, 2024
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Interpretive Program invites visitors to gain a deeper understanding of local wildlife and their behaviours through its plaster tracks program on May 8. This program aims to provide participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to safely cast plaster tracks and learn more about the wildlife in their surroundings, all while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Water conservation efforts underway to address drought
By BRENDAN MILLER on May 3rd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Officials emphasized the need for collaboration among organizations that pull water from the South Saskatchewan River as members of the development and infrastructure committee received an update on the city’s water management plan. The province has already asked municipalities to reduce water usage leading up to a predicted drought season for the region, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP seek help locating missing Bow Island resident
By Medicine Hat News on May 3rd, 2024
newsdesk@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Bow Island RCMP are seeking assistance locating a missing person, who was last seen on April 23 in Lethbridge. The person in question, 39-year-old Michael Serack, is a resident of Bow Island and is described as standing at approximately 5-foot-8 and weighing 140 pounds. He is noted to have a pale complexion, as well ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith eyes incentives to entice airlines to regional airports
By Collin Gallant on May 3rd, 2024
@@CollinGallant Premier Danielle Smith says the province may consider covering some initial losses of airlines that agree to expand service to regional airports, including Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and northern centres. She made the comment at a Chamber of Commerce address in the Hat, where the city and business groups have tried for 15 years to ... Read More »
2 responsesSmith shapes UCP vision at Chamber luncheon
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 3rd, 2024
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Premier Danielle Smith says the Alberta government would only step in to nullify local bylaws in exceptional situations, but she also wonders whether that could be the case in Calgary’s blanket zoning changes debate. Medicine Hat, meanwhile, is still planning similar changes in its planned land-use bylaw update, though local politicians say they will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Redcliff Youth Centre to host steak night fundraiser at Ralph’s
By ANNA SMITH on May 3rd, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com The Redcliff Youth Centre is looking at the end of May with anticipation, as staff look to host their first steak dinner benefit evening. May 22 will see interested benefactors gathered at Ralph’s Texas Bar and Steakhouse for dinner, as well as a silent auction, said Janae Ulrich, executive director of the Redcliff Youth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saamis Solar project decision expected by end of July
By Medicine Hat News on May 3rd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A decision on an application to build a massive solar panel array in north Medicine Hat is expected in July. Last month regulators heard from DP Energy, the company proposing to build the 1,600-acre Saamis Solar project north of Crescent Heights, as well as three groups that oppose parts of the $600-million project. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Future leaders: Local students develop leadership skills at day-long conference
By BRENDAN MILLER on May 2nd, 2024
bmiller@medicinehatnews.com Student leaders and teacher advisers striving to make school a better place to learn were invited to a day-long leadership conference hosted by Crescent Heights High School on Wednesday. The importance of resilience, teamwork and communication skills in high school students was emphasized at the Horizons Medicine Hat conference, aimed to inspire and motivate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Show Review: Mambo Italiano mixes culture and comedy in powerful performance
By ANNA SMITH on May 2nd, 2024
asmith@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Musical Theatre’s Mambo Italiano is, simply put, everything; it manages to be both hilarious and grounded in a way that will strike home, and follows the viewer long after the curtain falls. The subject matter, at first glance, seems comical and larger than life, and the opening scene far from discourages this. ... Read More »
1 responseCourt Briefs: Business in Burdett facing several OHS violations over worker fatality in 2023
By Medicine Hat News on May 2nd, 2024
@MedicineHatNews A fabrication shop in Burdett faces five counts of contravening occupational health and safety regulations after a worker was killed in an accident last year. Alberta OHS officials reported that charges were laid earlier this month against HTK Iron Works, Ltd. On Feb. 1, 2023, a labourer was crushed when a windbreak panel fell ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
