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Stewart Optical comes ‘back to the future’ after 25 years
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on May 29th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi An optical shop from the ’90s made its return to Medicine Hat on April 12 when Jim Stewart re-opened Stewart Optical – this time with his 23-year-old son Tyler. “I was Stewart Optical from 1991 to about mid ’96 and then I teamed up with someone else and was there for 25 years,” said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!City goes to Plan B for gas supply
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 28th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant TC Energy has cancelled a substantial pipeline that would have brought jobs to the region and more natural gas to Medicine Hat for a power plant expansion, but the city utility department says an alternative deal to supply gas for the new unit is in place. The Nova Gas Medicine Hat Looping Project would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hatters have varied opinions about pace of reopening
By ALEX McCUAIG Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 28th, 2021
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com If the provincial three-stage reopening plan announced Wednesday seems to be moving at a lighting pace, that’s because it is with the benchmark to trigger Stage Two, possible to be hit as soon as today. And Stage One won’t be in effect until next week at the earliest. But even if Stage Two benchmarks ... Read More »
1 responseFederal well cleanup money getting direction
By Medicine Hat News on May 28th, 2021
More than half a billion dollars from a federal fund to abandon and reclaim aging oil and gas wells has been allocated in Alberta and Saskatchewan, figures from those province’s energy ministries show. In a one-year update Thursday, Saskatchewan Minister of Energy and Resources Bronwyn Eyre announced $184 million in that province’s $400-million Accelerated Site ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stampede decision expected soon, officials hopeful
By ALEX McCUAIG Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 28th, 2021
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com The details of if and how the Medicine Hat Exhibition & Stampede will roll out this year are still unclear but the general manager of city’s largest celebration is hopeful it will happen. Last year saw the MHE&S cancelled for the first time in nearly 75 years but Kara Brake says a decision is ... Read More »
1 responseSnow probably helped most crops, and high precipitation was most welcome
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 27th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com Several inches of snow and rain fell over May long weekend in the Medicine Hat area, and while it may have left individuals scrambling to protect backyard flowers, local farmer Nicole Neubauer believes it is good for farmers in the area. Neubauer Farms has a series of farms throughout the Cypress County, on which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local MLAs back plan for reopening
By ALEX McCUAIG Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 27th, 2021
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com The city and region’s two MLAs are backing the government’s three-stage reopening plan that could see the Hat return to a near back-to-normal situation for the first time in over a year. “The best thing that could happen is that all Albertans can enjoy this summer,” said Brooks-Medicine Hat MLA Michaela Glasgo. But that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic schools predict $355K deficit for next year
By LAUREN THOMSON Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 27th, 2021
lthomson@medicinehatnews.com The Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education will start the 2021-2022 school year with an expected deficit of more than $300,000. “Everyone wants to know, ‘What’s the meat?’ Well, the meat is that we have a deficit budget,” said secretary treasurer Greg MacPherson during a live-streamed budget meeting on Wednesday. “The good news is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toddler will spend weeks in Edmonton hospital after battery in her throat missed by initial diagnoses
By KELLEN TANIGUCHI on May 27th, 2021
ktaniguchi@medicinehatnews.com@@kellentaniguchi A Medicine Hat couple is staying in Edmonton while their two-year-old daughter, Abigail Akers, recovers after a button battery was removed from her esophagus or trachea area. The family will stay in Edmonton while they wait for the hole between her esophagus and trachea to heal, says Victoria, Abigail’s mother. “There was a hole ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cautious optimism in business community over reopening plan
By ALEX McCUAIG Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on May 27th, 2021
amccuaig@medicinehatnews.com News that provincial health restrictions could be nearly completely relaxed by July was being cautiously welcomed in the city following Alberta announcing its summer reopening plan Wednesday. After being on the frontlines working in care facilities for the last year, Carol Nelson says she likely won’t be hanging up her mask until “our numbers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coming hardware store looks to fill city-centre gap
By COLLIN GALLANT on May 27th, 2021
cgallant@medicinehatnews.com@CollinGallant A group of commercial properties on Maple Avenue will be made into the most substantial new retail outlet to open in central Medicine Hat in more than a decade. Maple Avenue ACE Hardware has a tentative opening date in late June as renovations at the former ALGC liquor store near Third Street continue and ... Read More »
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