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Medalta Heritage Christmas Market this weekend
By Medicine Hat News on November 24th, 2022
The 2022 Heritage Christmas Market will be held at Medalta on Friday from 4-8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. More than 30 local vendors will be on hand selling handmade items. The event will feature live music by Jazz Prescription and treats by Copper Leaf Café. A 50/50 draw is also ... Read More »
1 responseCity cuts offsite fees, but ends subsidy program
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 24th, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Fees paid by developers to connect new subdivisions to city roads and utility mains will be cut by more than half next year, but City Hall will also remove a subsidy program that saw taxpayers pick up an additional 30 to 90 per cent of previous costs to help spur new construction. Most of ... Read More »
1 responseBrooks and region sees crime uptick over 2021
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 24th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Crime is up in Brooks compared to 2021, according to new statistics for the first 10 months of the year presented to the County of Newell and City of Brooks this week. The RCMP detachment centred in Brooks reports an overall increase of 14 per cent in total criminal offences reported this year, after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Influenza numbers continue to rise quickly across the province
By Medicine Hat News on November 24th, 2022
New statistics from Alberta Health confirm health-care professionals’ warnings that influenza is spreading rapidly across the province. Alberta’s lab-confirmed influenza cases have more than doubled between the Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 updates, jumping from 891 lab-confirmed cases to 2,082. Influenza A continues to comprise the majority of cases – over 99 per cent – ... Read More »
1 responseCooking program offers education, nutrition in money-saving way
By KENDALL KING on November 24th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com A community cooking initiative is helping Hatters to eat healthy while saving on money and time. Called the Big Cook, the initiative brings community members together for a one-day cooking session where each person helps to cook a variety of large-batch meals, which are then frozen and divided equally between the group. The concept ... Read More »
2 responsesWearing masks at public schools encouraged but voluntary
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 24th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com With several schools in the Medicine Hat Public School System experiencing high absences due to respiratory illnesses, Alberta Health Services has issued guidelines. Superintendent Mark Davidson sent out an email this week with information to parents in the division. The spreading of respiratory illness occurs through coughing or secretions from the nose and mouth. ... Read More »
1 responseA Bellydance Odyssey promises to be biggest, best show yet
By Samantha Johnson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on November 24th, 2022
reporter@medicinehatnews.com A Bellydance Odyssey will be at the Esplanade in just over a week, and the troupe is busy getting the dances perfected. All the women in the performance are local and are dedicated to making the show the best one ever. The warm, supportive group of dancers feels like a family to those in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP Briefs: Trio charged in relation to series of break-ins in Acadia Valley
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on November 24th, 2022
https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews Three Medicine Hatters were charged after a series of home and business break-ins in Acadia Valley late last month, the RCMP in Oyen announced Wednesday. They say that on Oct. 27, officers responded to “multiple business and residential break-ins” that saw a number of vehicles, ATVs and a trailer taken. One abandoned vehicle contained ... Read More »
1 responseMHMT to perform radio play of A Christmas Carol
By KENDALL KING on November 24th, 2022
kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat Musical Theatre is putting a new spin on a Christmas classic with its upcoming production of A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play, Dec. 2-4 and 8-10. Introduced to MHMT last year, the radio play format invites audiences into a 1940s radio broadcasting studio where a small but skilled group of actors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Utility rate formula changes explained
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 23rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Hatters with annual fixed-rate utility contracts saved about $550 each compared to those with default market rates this year, analysis by the News suggests. That comes after heavy criticism from ratepayers about the city-owned utility doing little to shield Hatters from runaway utility bills this year, and major changes Monday to avoid further losses. ... Read More »
1 responseCouncil opts to wait on scope of provincial utility relief
By COLLIN GALLANT on November 23rd, 2022
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A proposal to offer a local utility relief program in Medicine Hat is on hold until after city council and staff see what the province proposes to take the edge off high utility bills. Two weeks ago council called for options to help “the most disadvantaged” Hatters during expected record high utility prices this ... Read More »
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