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Ag producers expect challenges to continue into 2022

By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 4th, 2022

kking@medicinehatnews.com The coming 12 months could be another turbulent year in agriculture, specifically in the first two quarters, experts warn. “My concern going forward is how we’re starting off 2022,” Steve Dziver, owner of Commodity Professionals Inc., said in a recent interview with Alberta Pork Producers Development Corp. “We’re not starting in a great spot.” ... Read More »

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Electricity prices expected to rise to all-time record today

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 4th, 2022

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews All-time record prices for electricity are expected today as the City of Medicine Hat announced its floating commodity price for January today. The city sets its rate at the average of other regulated rate option prices in the province for those without a fixed-rate contract. Those rates are approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission, ... Read More »

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House fire in Brooks leaves one man dead

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 4th, 2022

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews An early morning house fire in Brooks on New Year’s Day left one person dead as firefighters battled the blaze and frigid conditions in the overnight hours. The RCMP detachment in that city states they evacuated two residents after attending a home on Greenbrook Road just before 4 a.m. on Jan. 1. A third ... Read More »

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City looks to handle future surge of EVs

By COLLIN GALLANT on January 4th, 2022

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant How to accommodate increased popularity of electric vehicles – both producing enough power as well as delivering it to home charging stations – will be included in a planned City of Medicine Hat “environmental road map” likely due in 2021. The topic has come up in general discussions at council as well as city ... Read More »

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Council to discuss Towne Square project in first meeting of 2022

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on January 4th, 2022

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews City council’s first meeting of 2022 is scheduled for tonight in a rare Tuesday meeting to accommodate the statutory holiday on Monday. Council members will conduct a public hearing into the final development permits applied for by the city’s own land development office for the “Towne Square” project located across from city hall. The ... Read More »

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Parents celebrate birth of New Year’s baby

By COLLIN GALLANT on January 4th, 2022

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Despite it all, Corbin and Amy Cooper say it was a “no brainer” to get married in late 2020 and start a family in 2021. Now, the Medicine Hat couple welcomed their first child as the New Year’s baby in 2022. Aera Beatrice Cooper was born at 1:49 p.m. on January 1, weighing eight ... Read More »

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2021 Story of the Year: 56 Hatters die in two-and-a-half months

By KENDALL KING & LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporters on January 4th, 2022

lthomson@medicinehatnews.com KENDALL KING & LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporters Between Aug. 17 and Nov. 3, 56 Hatters died in a COVID-related death. We may not know their names; we may not know their stories – we may never know more than the number they added to the city’s death count. But for their family, ... Read More »

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School boards in preparation mode

By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on January 4th, 2022

kking@medicinehatnews.com Local school boards are preparing for students to return to class on Jan. 10 after Alberta’s government announced an extension of the winter break on Dec. 30. Students at Medicine Hat Public School Division and Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education were slated to return to class Wednesday. Superintendents for both divisions say the ... Read More »

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Newsmaker of the Year: Linnsie Clark becomes first female mayor of Medicine Hat

By Collin Gallant on December 31st, 2021

Hatters voted for change in the fall of 2021, and the woman who led that call has been named the top newsmaker of the year in Medicine Hat by the News editorial board. Linnsie Clark, 41, became the city’s first female mayor with a resounding win at the polls, defeating two-term incumbent Ted Clugston and ... Read More »

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AHS says local ICU has COVID patient again

By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 31st, 2021

kking@medicinehatnews.com Alberta Health Services is reporting the first COVID patient in Medicine Hat Regional Hospital’s ICU in exactly one month, an AHS representative confirmed to the News on Wednesday. The last confirmed report from AHS was Nov. 29, at which time there was one local ICU patient. Hospitalizations in Medicine Hat have only slightly increased ... Read More »

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