March 28th, 2024

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Former Redcliff resident looks back on his time on Bachelor in Paradise Canada

By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021

kking@medicinehatnews.com The inaugural season of Bachelor in Paradise Canada ended Sunday night with only one couple (Brendan M. And Angela) leaving the beach together, but Redcliff’s Joey Kirchner, one of the 26 contestants, has no regrets about his time on the show. “I wanted to give it a real shot,” Kirchner told the News. “I ... Read More »

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College education students share trade secrets with international schools

By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021

kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat College education students virtually met and engaged with students from Fontys University of Applied Science in the Netherlands and Kristianstad University in Sweden, with the goal of forming international connections and exchanging information related to the field of education. Education and kinesiology instructor at MHC, Jason McLester, facilitated and led the two-day ... Read More »

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Expansion at Brooks Solar nearly done

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 15th, 2021

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews A major expansion at Alberta’s first utility-scale solar power facility is almost complete. The “Brooks Solar” plant was first commissioned in 2017, and the owner, Elemental Energy applied in 2019 and received approval from regulators to build two concurrent expansions last year. This week the Alberta Electric System Operator reports it will add Brooks ... Read More »

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Public survey on city communications coming

By COLLIN GALLANT on December 15th, 2021

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant City Hall will conduct a major survey of residents in early 2022 regarding local issues and the city’s communications efforts, a council committee heard Tuesday. The third-party survey would be conducted by an established outside contractor, and the results used throughout the city’s divisions, but not replace specific outreach on emergent issues, say administrators. ... Read More »

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Monarch’s Holiday-themed 110th birthday party this weekend

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on December 15th, 2021

https://www.medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Monarch Theatre’s 110th birthday party will proceed this weekend with the doors of the historic theatre open for a matinee and cake for those who take-in the Holiday-themed double feature. Discussions to hold the drop-in event, marking the movie house’s original opening night on Dec. 18, 1911, have moved quickly since they were ... Read More »

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Rotary Ignite’s second annual seniors Christmas Convoy set for Monday

By medicinehatnews on December 15th, 2021

The local Rotary Ignite club will put on its second annual Christmas Convoy for seniors on Monday. The convoy will depart Kin Coulee at 6:15 p.m. and make its way around to all the seniors’ homes in the city to spread Christmas cheer. In a media release on Tuesday, club president Teresa Schile said after ... Read More »

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Wilson eager for full term as public schools board chair

By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021

lthomson@medicinehatnews.com Catherine Wilson is serving as chair of the Medicine Hat Public School Board for a second term, and says she is making the role “her own.” Acclaimed to chair after serving for the last year of the previous term, Wilson is happy to have the position again. “I really wanted it,” she told the ... Read More »

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Police search for missing woman

By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 15th, 2021

kking@medicinehatnews.com Medicine Hat police are asking the public for help in locating Josephine Vivian, last seen on Dec. 14 at approximately 2 p.m. at the Super 8 Motel near the Trans-Canada highway. Vivian is a 37-year-old Indigenous women of no fixed address with dark hair, listed as 5-foot-3 and approximately 130 pounds. She was last ... Read More »

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Hot-air balloon festival part of city ‘vibrancy’ plans

By COLLIN GALLANT on December 14th, 2021

cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant Vibrancy levels in Medicine Hat may be going up, up and away in 2022 with a hot-air balloon festival. Recipients of the City of Medicine Hat’s community vibrancy grants, outlined on Monday, say a gathering of hot air balloons in the Gas City will be one of the largest awards in the community-focused grants. ... Read More »

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Women’s shelter usage up across Alberta

By KENDALL KING, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on December 14th, 2021

kking@medicinehatnews.com The Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters released its 2021 data on Monday. “Although many aspects of the pandemic have become normalized, the added resources needed to operate a shelter haven’t lessened,” the release read. Within the release it was reported nearly 67,000 Albertans accessed shelter services between April of 2020 and March of 2021. ... Read More »

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